Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
VOLTAIREThe comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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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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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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