There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VOLTAIREDespite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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 hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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