"Untie, liberate, and do not be afraid. He who is free is disarmed."

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“Thought is saying no, and it is to itself that thought says no.”

“Politeness is for people toward whom we feel indifferent, and moods, both good and bad, are for those we love.”

“Any kind of barbarism, once established, will last.”

“If religion is only human, and its form is man’s form, it follows that everything in religion is true.”

“Happiness is a reward that comes to those that have not looked for it.”

“Idleness is the mother of all vices, but also of all virtues.”

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