In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
VOLTAIREIt is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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