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.
VOLTAIREMen argue. Nature acts.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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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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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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