Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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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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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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