It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREEach 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.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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