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/ page 1163 of 1205 /The best is the enemy of the good.
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This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
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Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
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My life is a struggle.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
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History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.
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Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
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Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
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The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.
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