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"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

"Anything too stupid to be said is sung."

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

"The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great."

"In this country [England] it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others."

"The best is the enemy of the good."

"Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same."

"Everything's fine today, that is our illusion."

"The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in."

"He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise."

"The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire."

"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."

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

"I advice you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying you annuities."

"Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts."

"A company of tyrants is inaccessible to all seductions."

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