In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
VOLTAIRETo succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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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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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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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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