I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
VOLTAIREMen are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
More Voltaire Quotes
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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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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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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