"His remarks were always wise, well-expressed and beautiful," went on Monsieur Bergeret, "and that used to frighten us. Logic is what alarms us most in a madman."
What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.
(Monsieur Bergeret in Paris, 1901)

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Life teaches us that we are never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.

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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

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