Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VOLTAIREIn every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Common sense is not so common.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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