Voltaire

Voltaire

"Men argue. Nature acts."
225 Quotes
"Men argue. Nature acts."
Voltaire
"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."
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"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."
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"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."
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"He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked."
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"“L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'être.”"
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"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite."
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"“It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.”"
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"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."
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"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be."
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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."
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"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."
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"The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."
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"Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men."
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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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"When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit money when there is no good money."
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"He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad."
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"He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise."
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"In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another."
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"The superfluous, a very necessary thing."
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