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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.

Voltaire

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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Ignorance Path Road Species Stone Walk
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Agree Deep History Humour Lie Past
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Madness Patience Success Thinking
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Human Ignorance Knowledge Spirit Virgin Virtue
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Human Infinity Mathematics Stupidity Truth
May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Deep Defend Enemy Friendship God Hurt
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Birth Difference Equality Men Virtue
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Lion Myself Obey Rat Species Strong
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Respect Stupidity Success World
Let us cultivate our garden.
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Cultivate Garden Improvement One Liner
Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Fools Humour Meet Religion
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Awareness Consciousness Infinity Knowledge Meditation
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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Believe Brain Confidence Human Man Power
The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Happiness Healing Live Lonely One Liner Solitude
She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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Blush Couple Love Relationship Romantic Voice
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Decision Goodness Happiness Inspirational Joy Mood

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