If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
VOLTAIREI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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