The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
VOLTAIREReading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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