It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
VOLTAIREHe must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Common sense is not so common.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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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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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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If 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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