Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
VOLTAIREIs politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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 use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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