One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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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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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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