The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
VOLTAIREIt is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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