It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VOLTAIREUncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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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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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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