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" We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. "

" 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. "

" You have to make it happen. "

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

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

" Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. "

" Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off. "

" 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. "

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

" The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. "

" The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. "

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

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

" It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire. "

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

" Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. "

" The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned. "

" Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. "

" 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. "

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

" It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. "