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It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
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It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
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It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.
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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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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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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge
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In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
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In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one part of the citizens to give to the other.
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In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
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I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.
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