It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
VOLTAIREIf God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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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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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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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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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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 comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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