The discovery of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
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A fool is a person who guesses and gets it wrong, a clever man is one who guesses, regardless of time period, and gets it right
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He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
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It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
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