Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.

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It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

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The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

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I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought; he would be a stone or a brute.

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Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

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If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?

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Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

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Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

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One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

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One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

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