All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
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Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.
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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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