I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
VOLTAIREI would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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