No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
VOLTAIREBehind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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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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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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