The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
VOLTAIRELove truth, but pardon error.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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