Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
VOLTAIREHistory never repeats itself. Man always does.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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