Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
VOLTAIREShe blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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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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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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