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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. ↗

— Voltaire

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We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest. ↗

— Voltaire

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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature. ↗

— Voltaire

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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. ↗

— Voltaire

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. ↗

— 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

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Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. ↗

— Voltaire

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

— Voltaire

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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

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