Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VOLTAIREReading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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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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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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