The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
VOLTAIREIt is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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