The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Quote by Voltaire

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I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

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

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

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord,...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord,...

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

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

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...