The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
VOLTAIREThere are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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