Voltaire Quotes, Cat Quotes, Justice Quotes

The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do.

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A good imitation is the most perfect originality

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Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more determined application of rationally organized expertise... The reality is that our problems are largely the product of that application.

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Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

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The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.

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True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

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Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day.

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Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter.

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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

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Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

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All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

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If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

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Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.

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had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

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It would be very singular that all nature, all the planets, should obey eternal laws, and that there should be a little animal five feet high, who, in contempt of these laws, could act as he pleased, solely according to his caprice.

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The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others.

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A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

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