Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
VOLTAIREWhat is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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