Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
VOLTAIREShe blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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