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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

By : Voltaire

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Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

By : Voltaire

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

By : Voltaire

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It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

By : Voltaire

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The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

By : Voltaire

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It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

By : Voltaire

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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

By : Voltaire

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Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

By : Voltaire

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To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

By : Voltaire

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Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

By : Voltaire

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The public is a ferocious beast

By : Voltaire

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The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

By : Voltaire

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