It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREInjustice in the end produces independence.
More Voltaire Quotes
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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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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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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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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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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