Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
VOLTAIREHistory never repeats itself. Man always does.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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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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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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