It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIRETo succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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