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.
VOLTAIRELove is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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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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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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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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