It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
VOLTAIREOne great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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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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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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