It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
VOLTAIREPerfect is the enemy of good.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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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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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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