I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIRELove is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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