It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
VOLTAIREMan is free at the instant he wants to be.
More Voltaire Quotes
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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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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