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“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: honesty, independent-thought

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“The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: books, life, writing

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#3

“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
― Voltaire

tags: guilt

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#4

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
― Voltaire

tags: inspirational

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#5

“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”
― Voltaire

tags: doubt

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#6

“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”
― Voltaire, Traité sur la tolérance, à l'occasion de la mort de Jean Calas

tags: freedom-of-thought, independence-of-thought, thinking, tolerance, voltaire

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#7

“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”
― Voltaire

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#8

“You're a bitter man," said Candide.
That's because I've lived," said Martin.”
― Voltaire, Candide

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#9

“The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.”
― Voltaire

tags: philosophical

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#10

“What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on...”
― Voltaire

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#11

“No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.”
― Voltaire

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#12

“If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?”
― Voltaire, Candide

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#13

“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”
― Voltaire

tags: gospel-truth

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#14

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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#15

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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#16

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism

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#17

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: imagination, life, money

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#18

“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: saint-sinner

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#19

“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: power, sex

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#20

“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

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#21

“To define is to limit.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: dandy, lord-henry-wotton, wilde

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#22

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: cynic

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#23

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: cynicism

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#24

“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: intelligence, quotation, wit

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#25

“Who, being loved, is poor?”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: love

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#26

“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”
― Oscar Wilde

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#27

“Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: agree

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#28

“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: breakfast-brilliant, insults

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#29

“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
― Oscar Wilde

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#30

“Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: advice-for-daily-living, motto

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