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A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.

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The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.

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All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being kicked in the backside for love of Miss Cunegonde, if you hadn't been sent before the Inquisition, if you hadn't traveled across America on foot, if you hadn't given a good sword thrust to the baron, if you hadn't lost all your sheep from the good land of Eldorado, you wouldn't be sitting here eating candied citron and pistachios. - That is very well put, said Candide, but we must cultivate our garden.

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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.

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This is no time to be making new enemies.

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All is but illusion and disaster.

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The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men, repented of having made them, and drowned them once for all to make them better - an act which, as we all know, was accompanied by the greatest success.

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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

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History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

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Truth is a fruit that can only be picked when it is very ripe.

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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

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He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.

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Language is a very difficult thing to put into words.

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The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.

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The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

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A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.

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There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?

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The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic.

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Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

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