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I hate women because they always know where things are.

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A good action is preferable to an argument.

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The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.

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All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

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A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.

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God created woman to tame man.

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Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.

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had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

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History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

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Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell.

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Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.

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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

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The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it is simple and intelligible to all capacities. But in philosophy, a student ought to doubt of the things he fancies he understands too easily, as much as of those he does not understand.

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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 human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

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

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It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

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Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

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