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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

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‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

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In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.

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To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.

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There is a pleasure in not being pleased.

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

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God created sex. Priests created marriage.

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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

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Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation...Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can procure digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep.

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Your destiny is that of a man, your vows those of a god.

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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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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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If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

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Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.

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

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Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

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Religion may be purified. This great work was begun two hundred years ago: but men can only bear light to come in upon them by degrees.

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History is fables agreed upon.

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