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Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

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Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

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The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must - if ignorance has so far prevailed that this name can still be spoken in all seriousness without being taken as a synonym for rapine and carnage. Every sensible man, every honourable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

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Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

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Luxury has been railed at for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and it has always been loved.

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Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

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Fear could never make virtue.

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Men will commit atrocities as long as they believe absurdities.

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The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.

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Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

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You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.

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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

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A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

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To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

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Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

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