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Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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
There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.
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Art Three Understanding
As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.
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Astronomy Daughter Science
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
An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.
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Age Educated Mind
A man finds no sweeter voice in all the world than that which chants his praise.
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Chants Men Voice World
It is beauty that begins to please, and tenderness that completes the cbarm.
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Beauty Please Tenderness
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
We must always skim over pleasures. They are like marshy lands that we must travel nimbly, hardly daring to put down our feet.
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Feet Land Pleasure
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
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
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
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
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
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
A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools
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Earth Fool Heaven