It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
VOLTAIREMen are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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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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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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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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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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