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Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and dr

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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.

Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn'

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Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroide

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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage tho

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I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the pri

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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes

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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches i

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Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

It is not known precisely where angels dwell - wh

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It is not known precisely where angels dwell - whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say

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All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens a

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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little impo

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I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little impotent, and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope.

Our wretched species is so made that those who wa

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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes

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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the a

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What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

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Tears are the silent language of grief.

I have no more than twenty acres of ground,&

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I have no more than twenty acres of ground, he replied, the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend t

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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

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