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.
VOLTAIREMinds differ still more than faces.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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