The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
VOLTAIREOur 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.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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I 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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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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