I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
VOLTAIREDiscord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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