There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VOLTAIREIt is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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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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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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