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" When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. "

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

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" Nature has always had more force than education. "

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" What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. "

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