Voltaire Quotes, Pride Quotes

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

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The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.

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Work is often the father of pleasure.

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"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin.

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This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

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The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you."

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God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

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I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.

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Almost all life depends on probabilities.

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It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

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Friends should be preferred to kings.

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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?

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Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

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To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.

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Wine is the divine juice of September.

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