Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIREFaith consists in believing what reason cannot.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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