Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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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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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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