Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
VOLTAIREDespite 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.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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 better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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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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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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