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“I do not
agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to
say it.”
- Voltaire
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“Common
sense is not so common.”
- Voltaire
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“The
safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we
can enjoy life and have no fear from death.”
- Voltaire
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“God gave
us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living
well.”
- Voltaire
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“Appreciation
is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as
well.”
- Voltaire
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“All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is
everywhere the same, because it comes from God.”
- Voltaire
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“I have
never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies
ridiculous.' And God granted it.”
- Voltaire
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“Judge a
man by his questions rather than his answers.”
- Voltaire
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“Faith
consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.”
- Voltaire
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“In
general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible
from one class of citizens to give to another.”
- Voltaire
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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.”
- Voltaire
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“When it
is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.”
- Voltaire
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“Every
man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
- Voltaire
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“Let us
read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the
world.”
- Voltaire
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“Love is
a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.”
- Voltaire
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“All the reasoning’s
of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
- Voltaire
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“All men
are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of
God.”
- Voltaire
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“The art
of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
- Voltaire
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“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit
atrocities.”
- Voltaire
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“Is there
anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?”
- Voltaire
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“No
problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”
- Voltaire
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“It is
not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.”
- Voltaire
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“We are
rarely proud when we are alone.”
- Voltaire
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“Everything's
fine today, that is our illusion.”
- Voltaire
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“Anyone
who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to
play the angel.”
- Voltaire
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“God is
not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot
best.”
- Voltaire
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“We never
live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
- Voltaire
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“Friendship
is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”
- Voltaire
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“We have
a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk
and hazard.”
- Voltaire
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“The
secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.”
- Voltaire
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“If God
created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.”
- Voltaire
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“It is
said that the present is pregnant with the future.”
- Voltaire
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“To the
wicked, everything serves as pretext.”
- Voltaire
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“Perfection
is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”
- Voltaire
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“The
public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.”
- Voltaire
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“Indeed,
history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.”
- Voltaire
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“History
is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.”
- Voltaire
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“Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life
endurable.”
- Voltaire
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“He who
is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.”
- Voltaire
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“It is the
flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.”
- Voltaire
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