When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VOLTAIRETo the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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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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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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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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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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