I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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 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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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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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