The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
VOLTAIRELove truth, but pardon error.
More Voltaire Quotes
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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