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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 grante

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History should be written as philosophy.

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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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By what incomprehensible mechanism are our organs held in subjection to sentiment and thought? How is it that a single melancholy idea shall disturb t...more

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All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

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The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.

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An opportunity fordoing an injury happens a hundred times a day, hut for doing good not once a year," says Zoroaster.

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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.

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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

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I do not know by what power I think; but well I know that I should never have thought without the assistance of my senses. That there are immaterial a...more

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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.", May 16, 1767)

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But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.''You mean there is pleasure in ha...more

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You are very harsh.''I have seen the world.