It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
VOLTAIREEvery man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
More Voltaire Quotes
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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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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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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