Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
VOLTAIREIf you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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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 are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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