Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
VOLTAIRELife 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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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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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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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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