To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
VOLTAIREIf 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.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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