The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Common sense is not so common.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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