Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
VOLTAIREOpinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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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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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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