One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
VOLTAIREMay God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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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 not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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Minds differ still more than faces.
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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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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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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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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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