Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
VOLTAIREMen will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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