It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIREAppreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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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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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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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