It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VOLTAIREIt is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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