Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
VOLTAIREEvery man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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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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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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