It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VOLTAIREThink for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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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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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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