Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
VOLTAIREDare to think for yourself.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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