Common sense is not so common.
VOLTAIREIs politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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 happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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