Quote #52

The wisest reason takes as her own principles those which the imagination of man has everywhere rashly introduced.

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  1. The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reas…
  2. There no doubt exist natural laws, but once this fine reason of ours was corrupted, it corrupted everything.
  3. Le nez de Cleopatre, s'il eut ete plus court, toute la face de la terre aurait change.
  4. Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.
  5. The grandeur of man is great in that he knows himself to be miserable.
  6. This is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature offers me nothing that is…
  7. The fairest man in the world is not allowed to be judge in his own cause.
  8. Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be.

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