The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
VOLTAIREThose who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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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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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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