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All pleasantry should be shor...

All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

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We admit, in geometry, not on...

We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads.

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History is the lie commonly a...

History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

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It does not require great art...

It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?

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The Jewish nation dares to di...

The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.

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It is far better to be silent...

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

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Hope should no more be a virt...

Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.

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But there must be some pleasu...

But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

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The most amazing and effectiv...

The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.

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The policy of man consists, a...

The policy of man consists, at first, in endeavoring to arrive at a state equal to that of animals, whom nature has furnished with food, clothing, and shelter.

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Let us meet four times a year...

Let us meet four times a year in a grand temple with music, and thank God for all his gifts. There is one sun. There is one God. Let us have one religion. Then all mankind will be brethren.

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History is filled with the so...

History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

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Martin in particular conclude...

Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.

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If God did not exist, it woul...

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must - if ignorance has so far prevailed that this name can still be spoken in all seriousness without being taken as a synonym for rapine and carnage. Every sensible man, every honourable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

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But nothing is more estimable...

But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.

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Virtue between men is a comme...

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

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A witty saying proves nothing...

A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

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It is with books as with men:...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

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Changing a habit is hard work...

Changing a habit is hard work. But it's harder to find work that would be more fulfilling

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It is with books as with the ...

It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

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