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A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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Since the princes take the Earth for their own, it’s fair that the philosophers reserve the sky for themselves and rule there, but they should never permit the entry of others.
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Earth Philosopher Sky
Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.
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Grace Neatness Womanhood
I detest war; it ruins conversation
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Political Ruin War
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
It is the passions that do and undo everything.
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Everything Passion Undo
Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.
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Natural Nature Science
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
It is beauty that begins to please, and tenderness that completes the cbarm.
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Beauty Please Tenderness
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
Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.
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Lover Math Principles
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
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
It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.
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Libertarian Liberty World
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
It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.
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Happiness Obstacles
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

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