It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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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Dare to think for yourself.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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