The more a man knows, the less he talks.
VOLTAIREThe 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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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 not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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