It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
VOLTAIREMay God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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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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