Voltaire Quotes, Thinking Quotes

We only half live when we only half think.

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Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

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A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.

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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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Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

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A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

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Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you?

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Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion

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The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

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There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.

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There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?

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Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

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My life is a struggle.

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Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.

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When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.

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Paradise is where I am

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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

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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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The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all law, all party, all religion.

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I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.

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