When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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