It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREIt is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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