The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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