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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: Business is the salt of life
Voltaire
"Business is the salt of life"
Voltaire, Writer
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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: My curves are not crazy
Henri Matisse
"My curves are not crazy"
Henri Matisse, Artist
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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: 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: Words are loaded pistols
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Words are loaded pistols"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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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: By the work one knows the workman
Jean de La Fontaine
"By the work one knows the workman"
Jean de La Fontaine, Poet
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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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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: I hate books they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
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Small: I dont know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war
Georges Clemenceau
"I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war"
Georges Clemenceau, Leader
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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: 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: 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: The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it
Voltaire
"The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Nothing succeeds like success
Alexandre Dumas
"Nothing succeeds like success"
Alexandre Dumas, Dramatist
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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: 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: The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debat
Charles de Gaulle
"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
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Small: If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a pa
Blaise Pascal
"If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
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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: He who opens a school door, closes a prison
Victor Hugo
"He who opens a school door, closes a prison"
Victor Hugo, Author
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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: A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights
Napoleon Bonaparte
"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: Everything is self-evident
"Everything is self-evident"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous it is indissolubly co
"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men"
Emile Zola, Novelist
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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: A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband
Michel de Montaigne
"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians
Charles de Gaulle
"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
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Small: Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it
"Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it"
Jean Antoine Petit-Senn, Poet
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Small: Our true passions are selfish
"Our true passions are selfish"
Stendhal, Writer
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Small: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities
Voltaire
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
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: The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants
Albert Camus
"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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Small: You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing
"You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
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