Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
VOLTAIRECommon sense is not so common.
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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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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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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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