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I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest virtue.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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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
I hate war, for it spoils conversation.
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Conversation Hate War
There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.
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Art Three Understanding
I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.
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Regret Silence World
Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.
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Future Knows
It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.
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Libertarian Liberty World
The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may fly as far as the Moon.
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Art Degree Future Invented Moo
It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.
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Happiness Obstacles
Leibniz never married; he had considered it at the age of fifty; but the person he had in mind asked for time to reflect. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, too, and so he never married.
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Math Mind Reflect Time
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
An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.
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Age Educated Mind
Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.
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Natural Nature Science
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
Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.
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Husband Italian Mistress Woman
It is the passions that do and undo everything.
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Everything Passion Undo
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
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
The judgment may be compared to a clock or watch, where the most ordinary machine is sufficient to tell the hours; but the most elaborate alone can point out the minutes and seconds, and distinguish the smallest differences of time.
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Differences Ordinary Watches
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
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
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
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
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
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Neighbor Ridicule Ridiculous
If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.
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Funny Hands Truth
People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.
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Done Knowing People
To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.
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Happiness Heart Stomach

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