Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
VOLTAIREI 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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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