It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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