"It is said that the present is pregnant with the future."
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"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
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"He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked."
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"Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare."
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"What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy."
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"I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker."
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"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."
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"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered."
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"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking."
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"The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you.""
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"Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them"
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"I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species."
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"If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace"
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"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."
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"If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing."
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"All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women."
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"Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us."
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"Man is free at the instant he wants to be."
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"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
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"What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them."
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