The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VOLTAIREJudge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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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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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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