Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
VOLTAIREMan is free at the instant he wants to be.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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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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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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Minds differ still more than faces.
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