Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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 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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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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