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.
VOLTAIRETo hold a pen is to be at war.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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 succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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