‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

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If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.

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Dare to think for yourself.

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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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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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

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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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It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

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