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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. ↗

— Voltaire

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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same. ↗

— Voltaire

#bandage #beloved #comes #conceals #faults

Clever tyrants are never punished. ↗

— Voltaire

#never #punished #tyrants

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

— Voltaire

#borrowed #imitation #judicious #most #nothing

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ↗

— Voltaire

#eating #god #had #made #more

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. ↗

— Voltaire

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. ↗

— Voltaire

#excellence #make #others #our #own

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts. ↗

— Voltaire

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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ↗

— Voltaire

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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs. ↗

— Voltaire

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