"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

Humility, Knowledge, Wisdom, Life

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"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

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"I die adoring God loving my friends not hating my enemies and detesting superstition."

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"What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature."

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"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

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"Perhaps, if I use my reason in good faith, I may suceed in discovering some ray of probability to lighten me in the dark night of nature. And if this faint dawn which I seek does not come to me, I shall be consoled to think that my ignorance is invincible; that knowledge which is forbidden me is assuredly useless to me; and that the great Being will not punish me for having sought a knowledge of him and failed to obtain it."

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"History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes."

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"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."

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