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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Voltaire

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Authority Conceal Injustice Men Speech
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Himself Jealousy Love Man Suffering
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Creation God Reciprical Religion
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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Confidence Destroy Friendship Heart Sex Vanish
Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Comfortable Enlightenment Friendship Reading Soul
Dare to think for yourself.
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Attitude Dare One Liner Self Love Self Respect Thinking
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Dwell Greatness Harm Hurt Misfortune Power
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Ending Money Thinking
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Believe Faith God Religion
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Dead Honesty Live Owe Respect Truth
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Amuse Art Disease Medicine Nature Patient
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
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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Body Disease Doctor Drug Humour
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Exquisite Food Illegal Pity
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Love Passion Time Wild
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Gossip Importance Love Nonsence Occupation Talk

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