It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
VOLTAIREThe secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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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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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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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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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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