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Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.

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The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?

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Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.

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The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.

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The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.

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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.

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To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

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All universal moral principles are idle fancies.

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Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

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'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Novelist

Born: June 2nd, 1740

Died: December 2nd, 1814

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