It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
VOLTAIREThe 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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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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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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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