Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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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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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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