No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
VOLTAIREI know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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