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.
VOLTAIREMay God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
More Voltaire Quotes
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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