I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
VOLTAIREMen are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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