The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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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Fools 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.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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