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.
VOLTAIREIf we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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