It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
VOLTAIREThe comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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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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