I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
VOLTAIREAppreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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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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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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