Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
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The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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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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