If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
VOLTAIREWhat is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
More Voltaire Quotes
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Our 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.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Common sense is not so common.
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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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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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