If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
VOLTAIREIt is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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