One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
VOLTAIREI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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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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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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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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