History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

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"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

- Voltaire

Love

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by the imagination."

- Voltaire

Love

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

- Voltaire

Love

"Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."

- Voltaire

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"Don’t think money does everything, or you are going to do everything for money."

- Voltaire

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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