It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
VOLTAIREIt is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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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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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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