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.
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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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