Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
VOLTAIREThe secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
More Voltaire Quotes
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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