Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
VOLTAIREThose who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Common sense is not so common.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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