Minds differ still more than faces.
VOLTAIREMen argue. Nature acts.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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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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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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