Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
VOLTAIREGod is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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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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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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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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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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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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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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