It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIREIt is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
More Voltaire Quotes
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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