Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Quote by Voltaire

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Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

The best is the enemy of the good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

Love truth, and pardon error.

Love truth, and pardon error.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is...

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is...

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt