Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIREDare to think for yourself.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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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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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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