I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
VOLTAIREIf you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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Common sense is not so common.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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It 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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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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