Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
VOLTAIREBehind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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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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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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