In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
VOLTAIREIt is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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 discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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