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.
VOLTAIREIt is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Common sense is not so common.
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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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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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