He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
VOLTAIREIce-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
More Voltaire Quotes
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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