No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
VOLTAIREMan is free at the instant he wants to be.
More Voltaire Quotes
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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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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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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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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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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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.
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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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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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