Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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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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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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