The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
VOLTAIRELove is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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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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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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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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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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