To hold a pen is to be at war.
VOLTAIREMen use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
More Voltaire Quotes
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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Minds differ still more than faces.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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