Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
VOLTAIREThose who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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