Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
VOLTAIRETo the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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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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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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The 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.
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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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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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