Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
VOLTAIREMen are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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