Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
VOLTAIREThe only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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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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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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.
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