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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

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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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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

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When truth is evident, it is impossible for parties and factions to rise. There never has been a dispute as to whether there is daylight at noon.

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It is not a mistress I have lost but half of myself, a soul for which my soul seems to have been made.

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What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.

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In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

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Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

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England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.

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We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.

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Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.

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This is no time to be making new enemies.

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Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.

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The more you know, the less sure you are.

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We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

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The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.

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And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea.

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You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!

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The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

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History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.

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