If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
VOLTAIREI don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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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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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Common sense is not so common.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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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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