Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIREIt is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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