It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIREIt is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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