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A man finds no sweeter voice in all the world than that which chants his praise.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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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
Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!
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Ambition Astronomy Passion Poor Thing
An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.
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Age Educated Mind
If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.
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Carefully Hands Open Thinking
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
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.
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Inspirational Mind Motivation
Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.
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Grace Neatness Womanhood
A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things being equal, if it is shaped by the hand of geometry.
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Geometry Hands Math Work
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
Ah! si l’on o” tait les chime’ res aux hommes, quel plaisir leur resterait? Oh! If man were robbed of his fantasies, what pleasure would be left him?
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Aux Fantasy Hommes Men
Truth comes home to the mind so naturally, that when we learn it for the first time, it seems as though we did no more than recall it to our memory.
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Home Memories Motivational
It is the passions that do and undo everything.
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Everything Passion Undo
It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.
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Happiness Obstacles
I hate war, for it spoils conversation.
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Conversation Hate War
Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.
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