Voltaire quotes - page 2

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. (Voltaire)
A witty saying proves nothing.
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Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
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Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
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I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.
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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. (Voltaire)
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
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Clever tyrants are never punished.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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This body, which was called and still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was not Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
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All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
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Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. (Voltaire)
God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
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God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.
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The superfluous is very necessary.
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