May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
VOLTAIREI have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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