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Correspondent Inspirational Quotes (1588)

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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
Voltaire
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To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!
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The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him
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The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.
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The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.
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Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. We do not pray to him at all, said the reverend sage. We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.
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When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?
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One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them
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Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
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To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.
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I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person
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Only your friends steal your books.
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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
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What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?
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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.
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All is but illusion and disaster.
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