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		One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. Voltaire
		Author Details: Type: Writer Quotes Category: French Writer Quotes Date of Birth: November 21, 1694 Date of Death: May 30, 1778 Nationality: French Amazon: Voltaire on Amazon Cite this Page: Citation	Related Authors: Simone de Beauvoir Francois de La Rochefoucauld Nicolas de Chamfort Joseph Joubert Madame de Stael Georges Bataille Stendhal Louis-Ferdinand Celine
		Select Voltaire Quotations: I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. Voltaire Common sense is not so common. Voltaire A witty saying proves nothing. Voltaire He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. Voltaire Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. Voltaire All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God. Voltaire
Quote Keywords: Great, Hide, Our, Thoughts, Use, Words	Dictionary Links: Great, Hide, Our, Use	All Voltaire Quotations: A witty saying proves nothing. All men are born with a... All murderers are punished unless they... All styles are good except the... All the reasonings of men are... An ideal form of government is... Anyone who has the power to... Anyone who seeks to destroy the... Anything that is too stupid to... Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It... As long as people believe in... Behind every successful man stands a... Better is the enemy of good. Business is the salt of life. By appreciation, we make excellence in... Chance is a word void of... Clever tyrants are never punished. Common sense is not so common. Divorce is probably of nearly the... Do well and you will have... Doubt is not a pleasant condition... Each player must accept the cards... Every man is guilty of all... Every one goes astray, but the... Everything's fine today, that is our illusion. Faith consists in believing when it... Fear follows crime and is its punishment. Friendship is the marriage of the... Froth at the top, dregs at... God gave us the gift of... God is a comedian, playing to... God is not on the side... Governments need to have both shepherds... He is a hard man who... He must be very ignorant for... He shines in the second rank... He was a great patriot, a... He who has not the spirit... He who is not just is... History is only the register of... History should be written as philosophy. How pleasant it is for a... I am very fond of truth... I do not agree with what... I hate women because they always... I have lived eighty years of... I have never made but one... I have only ever made one... I know many books which have... I should like to lie at... Ice-cream is exquisite - what a... If God created us in his... If God did not exist, it... If there were no God, it... Illusion is the first of all pleasures. In every author let us distinguish... In general, the art of government... In the case of news, we... In this country it is a... Indeed, history is nothing more than... Injustice in the end produces independence. Is there anyone so wise as... It is an infantile superstition of... It is better to risk saving... It is dangerous to be right... It is difficult to free fools... It is forbidden to kill; therefore... It is hard to free fools... It is lamentable, that to be... It is not enough to conquer... It is not known precisely where... It is not love that should... It is not sufficient to see... It is one of the superstitions... It is said that the present... It is the flash which appears... It is vain for the coward... Judge a man by his questions... Let us read and let us... Let us work without theorizing, tis... Life is thickly sown with thorns... Love has features which pierce all... Love is a canvas furnished by... Man is free at the moment... Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts... Men hate the individual whom they... Men use thought only as authority... My life is a struggle. Nature has always had more force... Never argue at the dinner table... No problem can withstand the assault... No snowflake in an avalanche ever... Nothing can be more contrary to... Nothing would be more tiresome than... Of all religions, the Christian should... One great use of words is... One merit of poetry few persons... Opinion has caused more trouble on... Optimism is the madness of insisting... Originality is nothing by judicious imitation... Our country is that spot to... Paradise was made for tender hearts... Perfection is attained by slow degrees... Prejudices are what fools use for reason. Satire lies about literary men while... Society therefore is an ancient as... Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare... Superstition is to religion what astrology... Tears are the silent language of grief. The ancient Romans built their greatest... The ancients recommended us to sacrifice... The art of government is to... The art of medicine consists in... The best government is a benevolent... The best is the enemy of... The best way to be boring... The ear is the avenue to... The first step, my son, which... The flowery style is not unsuitable... The Holy Roman Empire is neither... The husband who decides to surprise... The ideal form of government is... The infinitely little have a pride... The instruction we find in books... The little may contrast with the... The mouth obeys poorly when the... The multitude of books is making... The opportunity for doing mischief is... The progress of rivers to the... The public is a ferocious beast... The safest course is to do... The secret of being a bore... The sovereign is called a tyrant... The superfluous, a very necessary thing. The true triumph of reason is... The truths of religion are never... The very impossibility in which I... The world embarrasses me, and I... There are truths which are not... Think for yourselves and let others... This self-love is the instrument... Those who can make you believe... Time, which alone makes the reputation... To believe in God is impossible... To hold a pen is to... To succeed in the world it... To the living we owe respect... To the wicked, everything serves as pretext. Tyrants have always some slight shade... Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence... Very learned women are to be... Very often, say what you will... We are all full of weakness... We are rarely proud when we... We cannot always oblige; but we... We cannot wish for that we... We have a natural right to... We must cultivate our own garden... We must distinguish between speaking to... We never live; we are always... Weakness on both sides is, as... What a heavy burden is a... What is tolerance? It is the... What most persons consider as virtue... What then do you call your... When he to whom one speaks... When it is a question of... Whoever serves his country well has... Woe to the makers of literal...

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