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There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.
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Astronomy Daughter Science
A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.
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Elephants Feet Firsts
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
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Neighbor Ridicule Ridiculous
Nature intends that, at fixed periods, men should succeed each other by the instrumentality of death. We shall never outwit Nature; we shall die as usual.
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Death Men Succeed Usual
It is the passions that do and undo everything.
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Everything Passion Undo
I detest war; it ruins conversation
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Political Ruin War
A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.
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Believe Busy Philosopher
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
It is high time for me to depart, for at my age I now begin to see things as they really are.
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Age Last Time Words
I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.
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Certain Difficulty Last Words
If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.
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Funny Hands Truth
They will have the World to be in Large, what a Watch is in Small; which is very regular, and depends only upon the just disposing of the several Parts of the Movement.
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Life Science Watches
In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual.
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Dupes Secret Usual
I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.
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Regret Silence World
Les vrais philosophes sont comme les e le phants, qui en marchant ne posent jamais le second pied a’ terre que le premier ne soit bien affermi. True philosophers are like elephants, who when walking never placetheir second footontheground untilthefirst is steady.
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Elephants Philosopher Steady
Our sun enlightens the planets that belong to him; why may not every fixed star also have planets to which they give light?
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Enlighted Future Light Stars

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