If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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 secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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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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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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