In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
VOLTAIREWe never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Common sense is not so common.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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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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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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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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