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It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God’s pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.
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If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
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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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All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ’O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.
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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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We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
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It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.
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The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
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Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
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Fear follows crime and is its punishment.
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The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
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What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
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Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
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Nature has always had more force than education.
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It is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape.