Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIREThe more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
More Voltaire Quotes
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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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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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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