I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
VOLTAIREIt is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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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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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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