- Nature has perfection, in order to show that she is the image of God and defects, to show that she is only his image. »
- Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is, but let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is. »
- If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. »
- Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything. »
- The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. »
- It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. »
- All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone. »
- Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. »
- Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. »
- 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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