The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
VOLTAIREWhen a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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