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The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out. ↗

— Voltaire

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The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. ↗

— Voltaire

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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. ↗

— Voltaire

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To the wicked, everything serves as pretext. ↗

— Voltaire

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Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. ↗

— Voltaire

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

— Voltaire

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Business is the salt of life. ↗

— Voltaire

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Fear follows crime and is its punishment. ↗

— Voltaire

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History should be written as philosophy. ↗

— Voltaire

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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. ↗

— Voltaire

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