"He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad."
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"History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times."
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"There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics."
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"This poem will never reach its destination. On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity"
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"Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors."
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"A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration."
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"All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others."
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"It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose."
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"It is not a mistress I have lost but half of myself, a soul for which my soul seems to have been made."
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"Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways."
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"For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground?"
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"Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable."
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"Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden."
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"In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers."
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"Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven."
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"The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault."
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"Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free."
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"The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy."
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"I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left."
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"Let us help one another to bear our burdens."
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