To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
VOLTAIREDiscord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Common sense is not so common.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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