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Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
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It is not right to vex ourselves at things, For they care not about it.
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Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.
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Every man who is not a monster, a mathematician, or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Several particular maxims... are as powerful, although false, in carrying away belief, as those the most true.
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All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.
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Of this stamp is the cant of, Not men, but measures.
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The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
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Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.
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