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 | "To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is
absurd." | |
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Found in the topic God.
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| "A witty saying proves nothing." | |
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Found in the topic Wit.
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| "Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." | |
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Found in the topic Music.
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| "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." | |
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Found in the topic Death.
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| ""That is indisputable," was the answer, "but in this country it is a
good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the
others."" | |
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Found in the topic Encourage.
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| "It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless
they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." | |
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Found in the topic Murder.
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| "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by
imagination." | |
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Found in the topic Love.
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| "What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply
a loss of energy." | |
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Found in the topic Age.
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| "Monsieur l?abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life
to make it possible for you to continue to write." | |
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Found in the topic Book.
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| "The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great." | |
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Found in the topic Pride.
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| "Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of
time." | |
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Found in the topic Perfection.
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| "Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original
writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is
like fire. We fetch it from our neighbor"s, kindle it at home, communicate
it to others, and it becomes the property of all." | |
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Found in the topic Imitation.
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| "One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer
words than prose." | |
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Found in the topic Poetry.
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| "One great use of words is to hide our thoughts." | |
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Found in the topic Word.
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| "He who is merely just is severe." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason At all;
and others, to persecute those who do reason." | |
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Found in the topic Reason.
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| "Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul
is." | |
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Found in the topic Metaphysics.
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| "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking." | |
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Found in the topic Thief.
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| "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it." | |
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Found in the topic Rights.
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| "Fear follows crime, and is its punishment." | |
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Found in the topic Crime.
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