One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
VOLTAIREThe happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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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 you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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