It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
VOLTAIRELife is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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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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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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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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