It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
VOLTAIREUncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
More Voltaire Quotes
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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