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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.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.
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If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.
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Let us be well assured of the Matter of Fact, before we trouble our selves with enquiring into the Cause. It is true, that this Method is too slow for the greatest part of Mankind, who run naturally to the Cause, and pass over the Truth of the Matter of Fact.
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It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.
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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.
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Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.
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Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.
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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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It is the passions that do and undo everything.
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There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
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A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.
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I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.
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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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