One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
VOLTAIRELiberty of thought is the life of the soul.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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