I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREI know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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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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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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