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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

Voltaire

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Aim Discover Goals Goodness Philosophy Practice
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Broken Heart Deceive Hurt Love Lying Unhappy
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Alone Deep One Liner Proud Rare
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
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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Age Creation Ideas Live Man Time
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Deep Intelligence Judgement One Liner Stupidity
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Love Passion Time Wild
Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Confidence Destroy Friendship Heart Sex Vanish
Minds differ still more than faces.
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Deep Face Mask Mind One Liner
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Appreciation Excellence Gratitude Sympathy Wonderful
Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Freedom Instant Man One Liner Want
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
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
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Healing History Men Past Repeat
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Change Men One Liner Situation Time Truth
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Agree Deep History Humour Lie Past

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

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