It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREPrejudices are what fools use for reason.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Common sense is not so common.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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