Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
MADAME DE STAELTo be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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