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 would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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