Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
VOLTAIREDon’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
More Voltaire Quotes
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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The 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.
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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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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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