Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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