Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
VOLTAIRETo succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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