Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
VOLTAIREEvery man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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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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Common sense is not so common.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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