God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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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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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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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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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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