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A man finds no sweeter voice in all the world than that which chants his praise.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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I hate war, for it spoils conversation.
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Conversation Hate War
A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools
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Earth Fool Heaven
As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.
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Astronomy Daughter Science
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 is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.
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Happiness Obstacles
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.
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Future Knows
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
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
Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.
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Grace Neatness Womanhood
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
An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.
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Age Educated Mind
It is the passions that do and undo everything.
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Everything Passion Undo
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
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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Knowledge Nothing Science 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

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