I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
VOLTAIREFaith consists in believing what reason cannot.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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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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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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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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