Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
VOLTAIREDiscord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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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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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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