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Toutes les histoires anciennes, comme le disait un de nos beaux esprits, ne sont que des fables convenues .
True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.
True power and true politeness are above vanity.
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Very learned women are to be found, in thesame manner as female warriors; but they areseldom or never inventors.
Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.
We adore, we invoke, we seek to appease, only that which we fear.
We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies it is the first law of nature.
We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.
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