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    Voltaire
    “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: inspirational
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    Voltaire
    “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: double-standards, ethics, governments, humor, irony, killing, law, mankind, morality, murder, nationalism, nations, war
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    Voltaire
    “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: answers, man, questions, thinking
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    Voltaire
    “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: absurdities, atheism, atrocities, barbarity, injustice, religion, skepticism
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    Voltaire
    “Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: books, reading
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    Voltaire
    “God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: god, religion
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    Voltaire
    “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: guilt
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    Voltaire
    “It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
    ― Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV
    tags: dissent, freedom-of-thought, heresy
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    Voltaire
    “Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."
    (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: food
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    Voltaire
    “Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.”
    ― Voltaire, The Works: Voltaire
    tags: faith, reason
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  • #13
    Voltaire
    “The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: inspirational
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    Voltaire
    “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: denial, fear, reality, truth, truth-hurts, truth-quotes, truths
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    Voltaire
    “It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”
    ― Voltaire, Zadig et autres contes
    tags: condemnation, guilt, innocence, judgment, justice, mercy, reasonable-doubt, verdict
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    Voltaire
    “Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “Man is free at the instant he wants to be.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.”
    ― Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
    tags: conformism, disregard, ignorance, innovation, persecution, reformers, trailblazers
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    Voltaire
    “Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
    ― Voltaire, Candide
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    Voltaire
    “No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on...”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: health-care, medicine
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    Voltaire
    “Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.”
    ― Voltaire
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  • #27
    Voltaire
    “Don't think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: money
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  • #28
    Voltaire
    “I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.”
    ― Voltaire, Candide and Other Tales
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    Voltaire
    “May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies. ”
    ― Voltaire
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    Voltaire
    “The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us”
    ― Voltaire
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