Voltaire Quotes
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Self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind - it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must possess it.
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Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
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Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.
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Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
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Tears are the silent language of grief.
[Tears]
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That sovereign is a tyrant who knows no law but his own caprice.
[Tyranny]
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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
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The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.
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The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of the citizens to give to the other.
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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
[Art]
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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
[Art]
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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
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The best is the enemy of the good.
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The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
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The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.
[Philosophy]
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The ear is the avenue to the heart.
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The fate of a nation has often depended on the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.
[Health]
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The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
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