The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
VOLTAIRESensual 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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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