Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip little by little at a truth we find bitter.

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The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.

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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

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