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.
VOLTAIREIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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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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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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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 have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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