Men argue. Nature acts.
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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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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