- Our heart has its reasons that reason cannot know. »
- The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread. »
- All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone. »
- It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. »
- Nature has perfection, in order to show that she is the image of God and defects, to show that she is only his image. »
- 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. »
- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. »
- I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. »
- Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. »
- We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. »
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