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Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.

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It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

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We are all guilty of the good we did not do

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Everything can be borne except contempt.

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For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm.

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It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the cryphal or apocryphal books of the Old and New Testaments, put them all pell-mell on an altar, and the books to be rejected fell to the ground. It is a pity that this eloquent procedure has not survived.

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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

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Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

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

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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

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The way to become boring is to say everything.

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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

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Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world." "Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense." "If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

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There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

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Wine is the divine juice of September.

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Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

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If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

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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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