What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
VOLTAIRETo succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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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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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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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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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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