Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
VOLTAIREBehind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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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.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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