“ The person of intellect is lost unless they unite with energy of character. When we have the lantern of Diogenes we must also have his staff. ”
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“ No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it. ”
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“ The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. ”
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“ It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. ”
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“ Success makes success, like money makes money. ”
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“ If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. ”
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“ Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. ”
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“ Education must have two foundations — morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists. ”
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“ Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn. ”
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“ I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me. ”
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“ How many fools does it take to make up a public? ”
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“ A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers. ”
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“ Success makes success, like money makes money. ”
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“ If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. ”
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“ Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn. ”
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“ Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves. ”
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“ Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever. ”
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“ Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. ”
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“ Most people who put together verses or quotes are like people who eat cherries and oysters: they start with the best, and end up eating everything. ”
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“ Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us. ”
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“ It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. ”
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“ All passions exaggerate; it is because they do that they are passions. ”
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“ Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. ”
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“ Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate. ”
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“ Conviction is the conscience of the mind. ”
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“ Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. ”
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“ Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn. ”
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“ Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. ”
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“ Success produces success, just as money produces money. ”
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