We are rarely proud when we are alone.
VOLTAIREIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Our 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.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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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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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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