Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
VOLTAIREOne day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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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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