When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VOLTAIREIt is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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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 not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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