It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
VOLTAIREThe more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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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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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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