We are rarely proud when we are alone.
VOLTAIREGod is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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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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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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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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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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