It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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