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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
Voltaire
Candide (1759)
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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November 21, 1694
Died:
May 30, 1778
(aged 83)
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