Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIREThe only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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