The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VOLTAIREGod is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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