Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
VOLTAIREIf we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
More Voltaire Quotes
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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