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Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

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Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.

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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.

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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

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You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.

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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

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I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

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The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.

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Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself.

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The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.

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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.

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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

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

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What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

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Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.

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Self love is the instrument of our preservation.

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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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Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.

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