Voltaire Quotes, Men Quotes

The more a man knows, the less he talks.

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The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.

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The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it is simple and intelligible to all capacities. But in philosophy, a student ought to doubt of the things he fancies he understands too easily, as much as of those he does not understand.

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Wine is the divine juice of September.

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If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.

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Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.

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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

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Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.

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How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

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It is up to us to cultivate our garden.

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Religion may be purified. This great work was begun two hundred years ago: but men can only bear light to come in upon them by degrees.

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Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

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There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind

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A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

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How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.

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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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Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.

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I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.

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He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.

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