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| Philosopher A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth. ... |
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| Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is abs ... |
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| People have declaimed against luxury for 2000 years, in ... |
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| The secret of being boring is to tell everything. ... |
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| It is not enough to conquer one must learn to seduce. ... |
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| Change everything except your loves. ... |
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| It is said that God is always on the side of the heavie ... |
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| Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. ... |
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| Le sens commun n'est pas si commun (Common sense is not ... |
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