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Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!
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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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Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.
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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.
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One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
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Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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