Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
VOLTAIRENo opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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