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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. (Voltaire)
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. View quote
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Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. View quote
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. View quote
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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. View quote
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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest. View quote
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The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. View quote
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He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. View quote
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Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel. View quote
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We cannot wish for that we know not. View quote
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The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. (Voltaire)
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love. View quote
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He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. View quote
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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. View quote
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The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. View quote
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Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent. View quote
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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers. View quote
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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms. View quote
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What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking. View quote
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We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly. View quote
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It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow. (Voltaire)
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. View quote
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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same. View quote
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The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work. View quote
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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound. View quote
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