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" His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings. "

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" The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. "

" The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children. "

" Good music is very close to primitive language. "

" Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. "

" There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. "

" In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. "

" There is only one passion, the passion for happiness. "

" The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. "

" When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. "

" The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. "

" Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices. "

" Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. "

" Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. "

" Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. "

" It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. "

" The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. "

" If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. "

" We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves. "

" There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. "

" Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things. "

" To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! "

" Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. "

" Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other. "

" Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. "

" The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find. "

" There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint. "

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" The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. "