It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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