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" Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable. "

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" Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. "

" It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. "

" It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. "

" When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit money when there is no good money. "

" The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. "

" Fear follows crime and is its punishment. "

" Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. "

" When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. "

" We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. "

" The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. "

" All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God. "

" The best is the enemy of the good. "

" He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. "

" Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. "

" Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. "

" Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors. "

" Illusion is the first of all pleasures. "

" The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. "

" Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes. "

" If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated. "

" Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. "

" This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it. "

" Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. "

" Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. "

" The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. "

" God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. "

" The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. "

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

" Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. "