"When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect."
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"A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away."
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"He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength."
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"I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself."
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"It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman."
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"Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt."
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"Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement."
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"Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy."
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"To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure."
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"The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty."
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"Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated."
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"Politeness smooths wrinkles."
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"Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved."
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"There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad."
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"Space is the stature of God."
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"Ornaments were invented by modesty."
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"Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice."
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"Justice is the truth in action."
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"In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance."
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"In bringing up a child, think of its old age."
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