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When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when the man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics.
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To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.
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In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
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I die adoring God,loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.
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Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.
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The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.
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All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
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My prayer to God is a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous! God has granted it.
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The discover of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.
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Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.
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Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.
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When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.
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The public is a ferocious beast. One must either chain it up or flee from it.
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time.
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If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.
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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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Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
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I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
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History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
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History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.
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It is new fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions.
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