"There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest."
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"If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it's a murder. If 50,000 people are murdered in the east, it is a question."
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"All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come."
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"My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley."
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"A translation in verse . . . seems to me something absurd, impossible."
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"There is a spectacle more grand than the sea; it is heaven; there is a spectacle more grand than heaven; it is the conscience."
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"Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to the bully; he who is very pious is slightly sanctimonious; there are just as many vices to virtue as there are holes in the mantle of Diogenes."
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"One only needs to see a smile in a white crape bonnet in order to enter the palace of dreams."
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"There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths."
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"The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral."
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"Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just."
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"Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket."
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"Wisdom is the health of the soul."
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"Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind."
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"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."
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"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause."
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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."
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"If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground."
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"The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever."
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"Wisdom is a sacred communion."
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