The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
VOLTAIREIce-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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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 more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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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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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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