Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
VOLTAIREIt is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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