It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
VOLTAIREMan is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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