(the philosopher, not the musician) (feel free to change pronouns/wording as needed)
Common sense is not so common.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
A witty saying proves nothing.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.
I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
Somehow I am still in love with life.
Dare to think for yourself.
This is no time to be making enemies.
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
I should like to know which is worse: to undergo all the miseries we have each of us suffered – or simply to sit here and do nothing?
May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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