It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VOLTAIREPrejudices are what fools use for reason.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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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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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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