Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
VOLTAIREIt is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
More Voltaire Quotes
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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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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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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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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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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