What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
VOLTAIREWe never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Common sense is not so common.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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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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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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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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