If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
VOLTAIREIt is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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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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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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