Voltaire: Use, do not abuse : neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use, do not abuse : neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. — Voltaire

Use, do not abuse : neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

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All the opinions of the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end. — Michel de Montaigne
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When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know s — William Shakespeare
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. — Kahlil Gibran
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. — John Patrick