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All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.
[ Misers and Misery ]
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Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
[ Admiration ]
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Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.
[ Unity ]
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Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.
[ Life and Living ]
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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
[ Contradiction ]
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
[ Speakers and Speaking ]
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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
[ Enthusiasm ]
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Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
[ Evil ]
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Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
[ Faith ]
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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
[ Faith ]
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Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.
[ Habit ]
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If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.
[ Gossip ]
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
[ Writers and Writing ]
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If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.
[ Thoughts and Thinking ]
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If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.
[ Humility ]
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Imagination decides everything.
[ Imagination ]
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It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
[ Freedom ]
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It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.
[ Ceremony ]
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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
[ Kindness ]
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Law, without force, is impotent.
[ Law and Lawyers ]
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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
[ Thoughts and Thinking ]
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Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
[ Religion ]
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Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when we do it out of conscience.
[ Conscience ]
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
[ Rest ]
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Our nature consist in motion; complete rest is death.
[ Rest ]
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The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
[ Fame ]
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The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.
[ Space ]
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The gospel to me is simply irresistible.
[ Gospel ]
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing: we know this in countless ways.
[ Heart ]
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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
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The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.
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The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
[ Influence ]
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The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
[ Uncategorised ]
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The property of power is to protect.
[ Power ]
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The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
[ Effort ]
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The war existing between the senses and reason.
[ Conflict ]
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To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.
[ Pleasure ]
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To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
[ Moderation ]
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To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
[ Philosophers and Philosophy ]
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Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.
[ Experience ]
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Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.
[ Deeds and Good Deeds ]
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We like to be deceived.
[ Deception ]
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We must learn our limits. We are all something but none of us are everything.
[ Possibilities ]
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We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
[ Listening ]
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When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.
[ Love ]
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