- Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back. »
- Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. »
- If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. »
- The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread. »
- Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything. »
- Nature has perfection, in order to show that she is the image of God and defects, to show that she is only his image. »
- Our heart has its reasons that reason cannot know. »
- We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. »
- The heart has arguments with which the logic of mind is not aquainted. »
- One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better. »
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