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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
A witty saying proves nothing.
Prejudice is opinion without judgement.
God is always on the side of the big battalions.
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman nor an Empire.
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
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All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.
Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.
The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature.
Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena.
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