To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
VOLTAIREWe never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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