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Paradise is where I am

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All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

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History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

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A good action is preferable to an argument.

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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

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The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

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The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

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If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.

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Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world." "Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense." "If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

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Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.

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Every sensible man, every honest man, must hold the Christian sect in horror. But what shall we substitute in its place? you say. What? A ferocious animal has sucked the blood of my relatives. I tell you to rid yourselves of this beast, and you ask me what you shall put in its place ?

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But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

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A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.

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True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

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The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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