We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
VOLTAIREThe art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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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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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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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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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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