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"The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them."
"Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages."
"Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers."
"All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also."
"Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers."
"I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom."
"Once the people begin to reason, all is lost"
"When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics."
"We never live; we are always in the expectation of living."
"There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts."
"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds."
"Almost all life depends on probabilities."
"The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius."
"Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same."
"Better is the enemy of good."
"Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden."
"But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure."
"It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all."
"The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people."
"We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful."