The more a man knows, the less he talks.
VOLTAIREInjustice in the end produces independence.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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