No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
VOLTAIRECommon sense is not so common.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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 art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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