It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
VOLTAIREAppreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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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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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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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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