Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIREI have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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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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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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