The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
VOLTAIREIf you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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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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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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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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