There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VOLTAIREDiscord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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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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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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