Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
VOLTAIREI have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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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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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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