We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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