Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
VOLTAIRELet us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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 clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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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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