He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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 happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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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Minds differ still more than faces.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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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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