The more a man knows, the less he talks.
VOLTAIREOur wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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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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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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