Men argue. Nature acts.
VOLTAIREMen use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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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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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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 more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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