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

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I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

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God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

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To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

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Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.

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The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.

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