History never repeats itself. Man always does.
VOLTAIREIt is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
More Voltaire Quotes
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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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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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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 have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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