Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
VOLTAIREMan is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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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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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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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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