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Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
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The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
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In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
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A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
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Kill one man, and you are murderer.
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To be adult is to be alone.
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One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
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We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
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A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.
Last Update: 8 March 2021
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