She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
VOLTAIREThe only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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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 with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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