I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREMen are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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