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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ↗

— 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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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. ↗

— Voltaire

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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. ↗

— Voltaire

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

— 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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You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

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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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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living. ↗

— Voltaire

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