Common sense is not so common.
VOLTAIREDoctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
More Voltaire Quotes
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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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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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 never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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