I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
VOLTAIREFaith consists in believing what reason cannot.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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