If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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.
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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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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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