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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

Voltaire

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Lion Myself Obey Rat Species Strong
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Appreciation Excellence Gratitude Sympathy Wonderful
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Dwell Greatness Harm Hurt Misfortune Power
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Himself Jealousy Love Man Suffering
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Book Bore Evil Reading Writing
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Beware Cherish Fear Honesty Seek Truth
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Decision Goodness Happiness Inspirational Joy Mood
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Brother Individual Man Monster Opinion Philosophy
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Awareness Consciousness Infinity Knowledge Meditation
To hold a pen is to be at war.
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One Liner Peace Pen Poet War Writing
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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Human Ignorance Knowledge Spirit Virgin Virtue
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Amuse Art Disease Medicine Nature Patient
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Love Passion Time Wild
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Authority DAngry Establish Freedom Right Wrong
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Authority Conceal Injustice Men Speech
Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Adsured Person Uncertain

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