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" The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me. "

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" 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. "

" All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs. "

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

" The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers. "

" One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures. "

" Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. "

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

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" Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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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" From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. "

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