Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
VOLTAIRECherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
VOLTAIREI would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
VOLTAIREDespite 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.
VOLTAIREDare to think for yourself.
VOLTAIREIn every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
VOLTAIREJudge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
VOLTAIREIt is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
VOLTAIRENo opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
VOLTAIREThe secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
VOLTAIREWhen a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VOLTAIREMinds differ still more than faces.
VOLTAIREIt is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREIf God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
VOLTAIREShe blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
VOLTAIREThe human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
VOLTAIREOur labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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