The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VOLTAIREIt is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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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 forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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