Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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