The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
VOLTAIREReligion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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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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Life 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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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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