It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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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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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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