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Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil? ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

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We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value. ↗

— Thomas Vilsack

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My DVD cellophane was put on by a psychiatrist. It was shrink-wrapped. ↗

— Tim Vine

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Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

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If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. ↗

— Voltaire

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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. ↗

— Voltaire

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. ↗

— Voltaire

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It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. ↗

— Voltaire

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. ↗

— Voltaire

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