To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
VOLTAIREI don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
More Voltaire Quotes
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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