It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VOLTAIRESometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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