We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
VOLTAIREWhen a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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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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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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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