It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VOLTAIREThe only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Dare to think for yourself.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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