He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
VOLTAIRECherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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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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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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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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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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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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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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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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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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Love truth, but pardon error.
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