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.
VOLTAIREThe comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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