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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Himself Jealousy Love Man Suffering
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Appreciation Excellence Gratitude Sympathy Wonderful
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Believe Faith One Liner Reason
Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Confidence Destroy Friendship Heart Sex Vanish
Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Art Humour Liberty Lying Politics
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Brother Individual Man Monster Opinion Philosophy
If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Black Lives Matter Comparison Dwell Each Other Peace Religion
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Believe Faith God Religion
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Believe Faith God Invention Necessary Religion
He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Ignorance Intelligence Politics Stupidity Wisdom
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Dead Honesty Live Owe Respect Truth
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Awareness Consciousness Infinity Knowledge Meditation
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Believe Fools Habit Myself Please Taste
Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Evil Greatness Labour Preserve Want Wear
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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Acquire Book Education Knowledge Reading

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