I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREI know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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