Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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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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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Common sense is not so common.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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