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" If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated. "
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Us
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" Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. "
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" Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. "
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" It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. "
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" Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same. "
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" Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. "
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" The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all. "
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" One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. "
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" Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion. "
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Humanity
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" He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. "
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" Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. "
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" One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. "
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Words
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" What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy. "
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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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" It is said that the present is pregnant with the future. "
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" Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal. "
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" Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. "
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" Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. "
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Earth
Little
More
" Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. "
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" The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. "
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" We are rarely proud when we are alone. "
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" Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just. "
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" The superfluous, a very necessary thing. "
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Necessary
" If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. "
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" It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. "
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" Society therefore is as ancient as the world. "
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