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Jules Verne: 'Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.'

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Jules Verne: 'It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.'

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Jules Verne: 'It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.'

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Voltaire: 'The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.'

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Voltaire: 'Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.'

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Voltaire: 'The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.'

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Voltaire: 'One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.'

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Voltaire: 'When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.'

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Voltaire: 'Clever tyrants are never punished.'

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Voltaire: 'The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.'

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Voltaire: 'Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.'

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Voltaire: '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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Voltaire: 'He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.'

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Voltaire: 'History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.'

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Voltaire: 'The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.'

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Voltaire: 'To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.'

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Voltaire: 'The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.'

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Voltaire: 'We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.'

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Voltaire: 'Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.'

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Voltaire: 'We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.'

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