Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
VOLTAIREWe never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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