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November 21
, 1694 -
May 30
, 1778
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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire
Life
Birthday
God
Gift
Us
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Voltaire
Time
Perfection
Slow
Hand
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Voltaire
Nature
Art
Medical
Medicine
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Voltaire
Man
Legal
Innocent
Better
Guilty
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Voltaire
Freedom
Free
Difficult
Fools
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Man
Brainy
Judge
Questions
Tears are the silent language of grief.
Voltaire
Grief
Tears
Sympathy
Language
Silent
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Voltaire
Appreciation
Us
Others
Wonderful
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
Voltaire
Friendship
Marriage
Soul
Divorce
Common sense is not so common.
Voltaire
Intelligence
Common Sense
Sense
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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.
Voltaire
Nature
Humanity
Law
Tolerance
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.
Voltaire
Life
Power
Know
Us
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire
Believe
You
Who
Make
Commit
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Voltaire
Fools
Reason
Use
Prejudices
By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
Voltaire
Appreciation
Excellence
Own
Property
To hold a pen is to be at war.
Voltaire
Communication
War
Pen
Hold
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
Voltaire
Men
Inspire
Christian
Tolerance
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
Voltaire
Faith
Power
Believe
Reason
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
Voltaire
Good
Man
Guilty
Every
He
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
Voltaire
Optimism
Madness
Miserable
Well
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Voltaire
Wife
Husband
Surprise
Surprised
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Voltaire
Illusion
First
Pleasures
First Of All
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
Voltaire
Opinion
Trouble
Earth
More
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
Voltaire
Dangerous
Wrong
Matters
Right
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Voltaire
Thoughts
Great
Words
Hide
Our
Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson.
Voltaire
Good
Man
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Nothing
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