One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
VOLTAIRETo hold a pen is to be at war.
More Voltaire Quotes
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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