I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
VOLTAIREIt is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Common sense is not so common.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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