Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
VOLTAIREUncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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 not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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