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" When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. "
Voltaire
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" We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature. "
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" Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. "
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" Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. "
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Without
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" It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. "
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