The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
VOLTAIREGod is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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