Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
VOLTAIREEach 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.
More Voltaire Quotes
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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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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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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