Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
VOLTAIREBehind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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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 dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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