It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
VOLTAIREIn every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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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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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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