The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
VOLTAIREThe comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Sensual 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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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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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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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