Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIREMeditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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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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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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