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Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.

Blaise Pascal

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
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Attraction Belief People
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
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Deep Human Live Men Sin Thinking
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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Inspirational Letter Writing
We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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Men Seek Truth Value
Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
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God Happiness Ourselves Spiritual
Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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Cheat Foundation
Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.
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Deceive Human Life Men Ourselves Presence
Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
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Happiness Human Quiet Silence
Without Jesus Christ man must be in vice and misery with Jesus Christ man is free from vice and misery in Him is all our virtue and all our happiness. Apart from Him there is but vice, misery, darkness, death, despair.
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Darkness Death Men Vice Victory
We like to be deceived.
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One Liner Trust
It’s not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It’s those who write the songs.
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Law Song Worth Writing
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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Force Justice Power Strength
In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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Beautiful Difficult Hard Time Heart Time
The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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Act Inspirational Strength Wisdom
Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
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Confusion Unity
All our dignity lies in our thoughts.
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Dignity Lying Thinking

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