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Small: Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime
Victor Hugo
"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: To the wicked, everything serves as pretext
Voltaire
"To the wicked, everything serves as pretext"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease
Voltaire
"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Behind every great fortune lies a great crime
Honore de Balzac
"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
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Small: Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught
Honore de Balzac
"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
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Small: My curves are not crazy
Henri Matisse
"My curves are not crazy"
Henri Matisse, Artist
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Small: Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
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Small: A war between Europeans is a civil war
Victor Hugo
"A war between Europeans is a civil war"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it
Jean de La Fontaine
"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it"
Jean de La Fontaine, Poet
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Small: Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument
Voltaire
"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only b
Blaise Pascal
"There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
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Small: Business is the salt of life
Voltaire
"Business is the salt of life"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere
Voltaire
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: History is a set of lies agreed upon
Napoleon Bonaparte
"History is a set of lies agreed upon"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: Dont walk behind me I may not lead. Dont walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my f
Albert Camus
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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Small: Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: Ambition is not a vice of little people
Michel de Montaigne
"Ambition is not a vice of little people"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: There are some defeats more triumphant than victories
Michel de Montaigne
"There are some defeats more triumphant than victories"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese
Charles de Gaulle
"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
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Small: There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin
"There go the people.
I must follow them for I am their leader"
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, Politician
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Small: Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: Words are loaded pistols
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Words are loaded pistols"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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Small: Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law
Voltaire
"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon ones sel
Napoleon Bonaparte
"The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets
Voltaire
"All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool
Albert Camus
"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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Small: Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to m
Gustave Flaubert
"Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity"
Gustave Flaubert, Novelist
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Small: Until one has loved an animal a part of ones soul remains unawakened
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened"
Anatole France, Novelist
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Small: Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need
Voltaire
"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth
Voltaire
"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon
Napoleon Bonaparte
"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: We are all born marked for evil
Charles Baudelaire
"We are all born marked for evil"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
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Small: Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate
"Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate"
Louis XIV, Royalty
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Small: The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire
Voltaire
"The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking
Voltaire
"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Law, without force, is impotent
Blaise Pascal
"Law, without force, is impotent"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
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Small: There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant
"There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant"
Anatole France, Novelist
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Small: Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves
Ernest Dimnet
"Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves"
Ernest Dimnet, Priest
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Small: When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Eric Cantona, Athlete
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Small: There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk
Jean-Paul Sartre
"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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