We are rarely proud when we are alone.
VOLTAIREShe blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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