Voltaire quotes

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. (Voltaire)
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
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Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
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Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
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Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
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If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
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It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
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Paradise is where I am. (Voltaire)
God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
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Better is the enemy of good.
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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Doctors prescribe medicine of which they know little to cure diseases of which they know lessen human beings of which they know nothing.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.
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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
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All styles are good except the boring kind. (Voltaire)
In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Doubt is a not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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They use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to disguise their thoughts.
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