Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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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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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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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