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"That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future."

"The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever."

"History books that contain no lies are extremely dull."

"Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."

"Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom."

"Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness."

"Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil."

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

"What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!"

"Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one."

"The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads."

"Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal."

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