The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
VOLTAIREIt is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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