I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREJudge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Common sense is not so common.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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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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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 happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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