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.
VOLTAIREMen use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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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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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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