Voltaire Quotes

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire

Death, Agree, Defend

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire

Birthday, Life, God

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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Others, Wonderful, Makes

Common sense is not so common.
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Intelligence, Sense, Common

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
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Faith, Power, Reason

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
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Power, Anyone, Commit

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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Money, Art, Government

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
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God, Short, Prayer

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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Life, Alone, Game

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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War, Unless, Sound

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Life, Power, Through

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Love, Nature, Canvas

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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God, Laugh, Afraid

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
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Judge, Rather, Questions

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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Commit, Atrocities

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Free, Difficult, Fools

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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Truth, Live, May

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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Men, Christian, Until

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
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Women, Men, Worth

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
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Nature, Humanity, Law

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
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Stupid, Spoken, Sung

I hate women because they always know where things are.
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All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
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God, Men, Knowledge

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
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Parenting, Father, Child

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: November 21, 1694

Died: May 30, 1778

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