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It is high time for me to depart, for at my age I now begin to see things as they really are.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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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.
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Hundred Virtue Years
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
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
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
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
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
I hate war, for it spoils conversation.
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Conversation Hate War
Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.
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Future Knows
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
As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.
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Astronomy Daughter Science
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.
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Happiness Heart Stomach
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
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
I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.
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Certain Difficulty Last Words
It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.
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