Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
VOLTAIREThose who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Despite 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.
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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