Voltaire Quotes, Men Quotes, Order Quotes

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous.

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God created women only to tame men.

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You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.

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Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

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The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

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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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A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.

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It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music?

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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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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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War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.

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What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.

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Let us help one another to bear our burdens.

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Let us cultivate our garden.

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A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.

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What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason.

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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace

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Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

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Perfect is the enemy of good.

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