Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
VOLTAIREIn every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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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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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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