The more a man knows, the less he talks.
VOLTAIRESometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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