Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
VOLTAIREMinds differ still more than faces.
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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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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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