Voltaire Quotes, Book Quotes, Fire Quotes

It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

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It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.

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A witty quote proves nothing.

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I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

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The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

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Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.

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All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.

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The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

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Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

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It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.

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Men argue. Nature acts.

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

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The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.

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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

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Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

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We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads.

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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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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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

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