There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VOLTAIREThere are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VOLTAIREI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREIce-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
VOLTAIREPrejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIREIt is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREIt is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIREHe must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
VOLTAIREIt is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
VOLTAIREOur labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
VOLTAIREMan is free at the instant he wants to be.
VOLTAIRELet us cultivate our garden.
VOLTAIREPerfect is the enemy of good.
VOLTAIREWhen a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VOLTAIREThe more a man knows, the less he talks.
VOLTAIRESometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIREIn every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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