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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.

Voltaire

Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Character Liberty Life One Liner Soul
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Broken Heart Deceive Hurt Love Lying Unhappy
Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Adsured Person Uncertain
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Himself Jealousy Love Man Suffering
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Human Ignorance Knowledge Spirit Virgin Virtue
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Awareness Consciousness Infinity Knowledge Meditation
Let us cultivate our garden.
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Cultivate Garden Improvement One Liner
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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Dwell Harm Life Misfortune Power Thorn
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Born Nature Resurrection Surprise
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Alone Deep One Liner Proud Rare
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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Believe Brain Confidence Human Man Power
I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Kill Life Love Self Love Time Want
Love truth, but pardon error.
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Error Love One Liner Truth
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Abundance Comfort Poor Poverty Rich Supply
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Aim Discover Goals Goodness Philosophy Practice
When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Funny Human Nature Humour Money Religion

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