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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.

Voltaire

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Ignorance Intelligence Politics Stupidity Wisdom
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Healing History Men Past Repeat
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Alone Deep One Liner Proud Rare
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Madness Patience Success Thinking
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Believe Faith God Religion
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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Believe Fools Habit Myself Please Taste
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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Acceptance Alone Decide Game Life Player
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Book Bore Evil Reading Writing
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Believe Hope Illusion Optimism Positive
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Aim Discover Goals Goodness Philosophy Practice
Minds differ still more than faces.
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Deep Face Mask Mind One Liner
Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Fools Humour Meet Religion
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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Book People Quantity Reading Stupidity Vulgar
Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Body Disease Doctor Drug Humour
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Ending Money Thinking
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Respect Stupidity Success World

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