The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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