If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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