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

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Common sense is not so common.

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Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

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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.

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To hold a pen is to be at war.

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Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

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

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Injustice in the end produces independence.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: November 21st, 1694

Died: May 30th, 1778

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