I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREThe comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
More Voltaire Quotes
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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