Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
VOLTAIREThe more a man knows, the less he talks.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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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 want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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