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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Voltaire

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Believe Commitment Injustice Religion
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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Dwell Harm Life Misfortune Power Thorn
Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Freedom Instant Man One Liner Want
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Dwell Greatness Harm Hurt Misfortune Power
To hold a pen is to be at war.
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One Liner Peace Pen Poet War Writing
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Believe Faith One Liner Reason
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
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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Confidence Destroy Friendship Heart Sex Vanish
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Born Nature Resurrection Surprise
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
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Ending Money Thinking
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Exquisite Food Illegal Pity
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Believe Faith God Religion
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
Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Deep Enemy Goodness One Liner Perfection
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

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