If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
VOLTAIREBeing unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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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.
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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