It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREThe happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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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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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 day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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