I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
VOLTAIREIt is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
More Voltaire Quotes
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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