It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIREIt is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIREThe discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
VOLTAIREI don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
VOLTAIRETo hold a pen is to be at war.
VOLTAIREReading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
VOLTAIREIf you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
VOLTAIREReligion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
VOLTAIREDespite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
VOLTAIREPrejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIREDare to think for yourself.
VOLTAIRELove is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
VOLTAIREEvery man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VOLTAIREI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREOne day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
VOLTAIREWhen a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VOLTAIREOur 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.
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