Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
VOLTAIREIn every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
More Voltaire Quotes
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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