Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
VOLTAIREI don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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