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When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit money when there is no good money.

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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

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Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: November 21st, 1694

Died: May 30th, 1778

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