The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

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Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.

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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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Dare to think for yourself.

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The more a man knows, the less he talks.

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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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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.

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Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?

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