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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.

Voltaire

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Believe Fools Habit Myself Please Taste
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Conquer Learning Politics Seduce Sex
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Depend Inequality Misfortune
Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Greatness Man Patience Remedy Tolerance
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Himself Jealousy Love Man Suffering
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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Confidence Destroy Friendship Heart Sex Vanish
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Believe Commitment Injustice Religion
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Believe Faith One Liner Reason
Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Body Disease Doctor Drug Humour
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Believe Faith God Religion
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
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Enjoyment Freedom Privilege Thinking Yourself
No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Burn Neighbor Opinion Worth
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
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Exquisite Food Illegal Pity
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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Acceptance Alone Decide Game Life Player

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