I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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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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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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