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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

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

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A small number of choice books are sufficient.

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

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Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are.

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Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

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I swear that, not being able to be yours, I will belong to no one.

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Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

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Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.

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A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.

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It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little about his structure. It would need eternity to learn something about his soul. It takes an instant to kill him.

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If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.

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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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I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.

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I also know that we must cultivate our garden. For when man was put in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, to work; which proves that man was not born for rest.

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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

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Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

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