It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
VOLTAIREFaith consists in believing what reason cannot.
More Voltaire Quotes
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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