Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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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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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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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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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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