Common sense is not so common.
VOLTAIREIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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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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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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