It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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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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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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