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.
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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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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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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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.
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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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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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