I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
VOLTAIREI loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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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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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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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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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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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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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 with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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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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