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A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

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The more a man knows, the less he talks.

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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.

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History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

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Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.

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There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?

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The best is the enemy of the good.

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There is a pleasure in not being pleased.

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My life is a struggle.

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

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Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

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Wine is the divine juice of September.

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A good imitation is the most perfect originality

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It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

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To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!

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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

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They are mad men (Jews), but you should not burn them for that.

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

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Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing

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The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

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