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.
VOLTAIRESensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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