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.
VOLTAIRETo the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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 most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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Dare to think for yourself.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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