Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
VOLTAIREBeing unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Dare to think for yourself.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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