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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.

Voltaire

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Brother Individual Man Monster Opinion Philosophy
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Beware Cherish Fear Honesty Seek Truth
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Believe Commitment Injustice Religion
To hold a pen is to be at war.
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One Liner Peace Pen Poet War Writing
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Creation God Reciprical Religion
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Love Passion Time Wild
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Lion Myself Obey Rat Species Strong
Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Character Liberty Life One Liner Soul
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Gossip Importance Love Nonsence Occupation Talk
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Guilty Man One Liner Sad Struggle
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Broken Heart Deceive Hurt Love Lying Unhappy
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Ending Money Thinking
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Book People Quantity Reading Stupidity Vulgar
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Enjoyment Freedom Privilege Thinking Yourself
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Allow Control Criticize Want
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Family Man Mother In Law Sucess Surprise
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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Believe Brain Confidence Human Man Power
Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Cure Mad Madness Men Thinking
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Healing History Men Past Repeat
Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Adsured Person Uncertain
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Believe Faith God Religion
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Amusement Dance Harm Reading World
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Change Men One Liner Situation Time Truth
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Conquer Learning Politics Seduce Sex
If 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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Black Lives Matter Comparison Dwell Each Other Peace Religion
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Enemy God Grant Humour Prayer Ridiculous
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Aim Discover Goals Goodness Philosophy Practice

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