Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIRECommon sense is not so common.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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