It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
VOLTAIREIt is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
VOLTAIRELiberty of thought is the life of the soul.
VOLTAIREI know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
VOLTAIREMen are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
VOLTAIRELet us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
VOLTAIREThink for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
VOLTAIREBeing unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
VOLTAIREIt is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIREDoubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
VOLTAIREI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREReading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
VOLTAIREGod is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
VOLTAIREIt is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
VOLTAIREWe never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
VOLTAIREIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
VOLTAIREThe secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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