To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
VOLTAIREThe longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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