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“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
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“No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)”
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(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)”
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“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
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