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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“Common sense is not so common.”
“I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.”
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
“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.”
“Dare to think for yourself.”
“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.”
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”
“Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.”
“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”
“Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.”
“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.”
“The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.”
“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
“The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.”
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
“What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on...”
“Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.”
“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us”
“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”
“May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies. ”
“Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.”
“I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.”
“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”
“Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they Voltaire know nothing at all.”
“The more a man knows, the less he talks.”
“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.”
“Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.”
“Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?”
“Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.”
“No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.”
“Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.”
“The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.”
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No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.”
“Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.”
“History is the study of the world's crime”
“Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.”
“It is said Voltaire that God is always on the side of the big battalions.”
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
“There is no God, but don’t tell that to my servant, lest he murder me at night.”
“theology is to religion what poisons are to food”
“A State can be no better than the citizens of which it is composed. Our labour now is not to mould States but make citizens.”
Voltaire “It is difficult to free people from the chains they revere.”
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”
“History is the lie commonly agreed upon.”
“The infinitely small have a pride infinitely great.”
“There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.”
“The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.”
“The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him”
“One should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.”
“To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!”
“It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.”
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
“When it comes to money, everyone is of the same religion”
“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.”
“It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.”
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.”
“I am ignorant of how I was formed and how I was born. Through a quarter of my lifetime I was absolutely ignorant of the reasons for everything I saw and heard and felt, and was merely a parrot prompted by other parrots... When I sought to advance along that infinite course, I could neither find one single footpath or fully discover one single object, and from the upward leap I made to contemplate eternity I fell back into the abyss of my ignorance.”
“Once the people begin to reason, all is lost. ”
“To learn who rules over you simply look to those you cannot criticize.”
“And to every man has been assigned a good and an evil angel; one assisting him and the other annoying him, from his cradle to his coffin.”
“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”
“Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.”
“The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.”
“The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.”
The Jews are an ignorant and barbarous people, who have long united the most sordid avarice with the most detestable superstition and the most invincible hatred for every people by whom they are tolerated and enriched.”
“Honor those who seek the truth, beware of those who've found it.”
“FANATICISM is, to superstition, what delirium is to fever, and fury to anger : he who has ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities, and imaginations for prophecies, is an enthusiast ; and he, who sticks not at supporting his folly by murder, is a fanatic.”
“Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.”
“Freedom is to depend only on the law and not on men's whims.”
“Humanly speaking, let us define truth, while waiting for a better definition as a statement of facts as they are”
“Religion, far from being beneficial food, turns to poison in infected brains.”
“It's not inequality which is the real misfortune, it's dependence”
“I assert nothing, I content myself with believing that more is possible than people think.”
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“Common sense is not so common.”
“I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.”
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
“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.”
“Dare to think for yourself.”
“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.”
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”
“Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.”
“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”
“Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.”
“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.”
“The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.”
“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
“The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.”
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
“What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on...”
“Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.”
“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us”
“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”
“May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies. ”
“Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.”
“I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.”
“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”
“Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they Voltaire know nothing at all.”
“The more a man knows, the less he talks.”
“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.”
“Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.”
“Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?”
“Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.”
“No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.”
“Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.”
“The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.”
\
No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.”
“Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.”
“History is the study of the world's crime”
“Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.”
“It is said Voltaire that God is always on the side of the big battalions.”
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
“There is no God, but don’t tell that to my servant, lest he murder me at night.”
“theology is to religion what poisons are to food”
“A State can be no better than the citizens of which it is composed. Our labour now is not to mould States but make citizens.”
Voltaire “It is difficult to free people from the chains they revere.”
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”
“History is the lie commonly agreed upon.”
“The infinitely small have a pride infinitely great.”
“There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.”
“The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.”
“The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him”
“One should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.”
“To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!”
“It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.”
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
“When it comes to money, everyone is of the same religion”
“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.”
“It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.”
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.”
“I am ignorant of how I was formed and how I was born. Through a quarter of my lifetime I was absolutely ignorant of the reasons for everything I saw and heard and felt, and was merely a parrot prompted by other parrots... When I sought to advance along that infinite course, I could neither find one single footpath or fully discover one single object, and from the upward leap I made to contemplate eternity I fell back into the abyss of my ignorance.”
“Once the people begin to reason, all is lost. ”
“To learn who rules over you simply look to those you cannot criticize.”
“And to every man has been assigned a good and an evil angel; one assisting him and the other annoying him, from his cradle to his coffin.”
“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”
“Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.”
“The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.”
“The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.”
The Jews are an ignorant and barbarous people, who have long united the most sordid avarice with the most detestable superstition and the most invincible hatred for every people by whom they are tolerated and enriched.”
“Honor those who seek the truth, beware of those who've found it.”
“FANATICISM is, to superstition, what delirium is to fever, and fury to anger : he who has ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities, and imaginations for prophecies, is an enthusiast ; and he, who sticks not at supporting his folly by murder, is a fanatic.”
“Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.”
“Freedom is to depend only on the law and not on men's whims.”
“Humanly speaking, let us define truth, while waiting for a better definition as a statement of facts as they are”
“Religion, far from being beneficial food, turns to poison in infected brains.”
“It's not inequality which is the real misfortune, it's dependence”
“I assert nothing, I content myself with believing that more is possible than people think.”