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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.


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The things that we love tell us what we are.



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The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.



We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.



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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.



For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.



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If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.



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To love is to will the good of the other.



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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.



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