Common sense is not so common.
VOLTAIREIs politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
More Voltaire Quotes
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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