Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
VOLTAIRECommon sense is not so common.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Common sense is not so common.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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