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.
VOLTAIREIf God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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 far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Common sense is not so common.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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