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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.

Voltaire

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Book People Quantity Reading Stupidity Vulgar
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Himself Jealousy Love Man Suffering
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Change Men One Liner Situation Time Truth
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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Black Lives Matter Comparison Dwell Each Other Peace Religion
I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Attitude Believe Confidence Inspirational Positive Way
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Love Passion Time Wild
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Family Man Mother In Law Sucess Surprise
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Believe Commitment Injustice Religion
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Born Nature Resurrection Surprise
To hold a pen is to be at war.
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One Liner Peace Pen Poet War Writing
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Authority DAngry Establish Freedom Right Wrong
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Enemy God Grant Humour Prayer Ridiculous
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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Believe Fools Habit Myself Please Taste
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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Believe Brain Confidence Human Man Power
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Bore One Liner Secret Silence Talker
Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Body Disease Doctor Drug Humour

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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