To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
VOLTAIRELet us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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