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I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little important and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope.

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There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

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Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

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Happiness is a good that nature sells us.

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Men will commit atrocities as long as they believe absurdities.

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Observe that noses were made to wear spectacles; and so we have spectacles. Legs were visibly instituted to be breeched, and we have breeches. Stones were formed to be quarried and to build castles; and My Lord has a very noble castle; the greatest Baron in the province should have the best house; and as pigs were made to be eaten, we eat pork all year round; consequently, those who have asserted all is well talk nonsense; they ought to have said that all is for the best.

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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

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This is no time to make new enemies.

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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.

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A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

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In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

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History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.

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I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.

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All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

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Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

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