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Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you?

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I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.

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The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others.

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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.

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The more you know, the less sure you are.

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

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The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

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Changing a habit is hard work. But it's harder to find work that would be more fulfilling

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We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads.

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In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.

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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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All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

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For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground?

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If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

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The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.

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Prejudice is opinion without judgement.

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