Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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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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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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