To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
VOLTAIREIf you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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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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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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