Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIREIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
More Voltaire Quotes
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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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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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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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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 not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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