We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
VOLTAIREReligion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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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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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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