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.
VOLTAIREThe art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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