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.
VOLTAIREI 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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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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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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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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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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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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