Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
VOLTAIRETo succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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If 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.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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