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

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I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.

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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

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As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.

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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

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Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

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What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

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