Men argue. Nature acts.
VOLTAIREThe longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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