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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

Voltaire

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Believe Hope Illusion Optimism Positive
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Birth Difference Equality Men Virtue
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Dwell Harm Life Misfortune Power Thorn
Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Cause Disease Earthquake Globe Opinion Suffering
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Love Passion Time Wild
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Canvas Imagination Love Nature
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Awareness Consciousness Infinity Knowledge Meditation
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Allow Control Criticize Want
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Decision Goodness Happiness Inspirational Joy Mood
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Agree Deep History Humour Lie Past
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Human Infinity Mathematics Stupidity Truth
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Exquisite Food Illegal Pity
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Deep Greatness Healing Hide One Liner
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Believe Commitment Injustice Religion
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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Age Creation Ideas Live Man Time

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