The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VOLTAIREMay God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Sensual 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.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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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.
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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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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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