The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
VOLTAIREThe human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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