Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
VOLTAIREDoubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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