There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VOLTAIREFools 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.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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