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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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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 forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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