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French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778
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If we do not find anything pleasant, at least we shall find something new
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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If you wish to converse with me, define your terms
Communication
Illusion is the first of the pleasures
Illusion
In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.
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In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other
Government
In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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In this country it is considered wise to kill an admiral from time to time in order to encourage the others
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In this country it's a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others.
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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
History
Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God
GodInspiration
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
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It is amusing that a virtue is made of the vice of chastity; and it's a pretty odd sort of chastity at that, which leads men straight into the sin of Onan, and girls to the waning of their color
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge
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It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.
Poetry
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong
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