Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
VOLTAIREThe comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Common sense is not so common.
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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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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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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