The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VOLTAIREDare to think for yourself.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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 loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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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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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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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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