Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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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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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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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 clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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