One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
VOLTAIREThink for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
More Voltaire Quotes
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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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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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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