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Prejudice is opinion without ...

Prejudice is opinion without judgement.

Voltaire 196 quotes

Pleasantry is never good on s...

Pleasantry is never good on serious points, because it always regards subjects in that point of view in which it is not the purpose to consider them.

Voltaire 196 quotes

Individual misfortunes give r...

Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

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A torch lighted in the forest...

A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.

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Now is not the time for makin...

Now is not the time for making new enemies.

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How inexpressible is the mean...

How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.

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It is proved...that things ca...

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

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It would be easier to subjuga...

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

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Nothing could be smarter, mor...

Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell.

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The adjective is the enemy of...

The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

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Observe that noses were made ...

Observe that noses were made to wear spectacles; and so we have spectacles. Legs were visibly instituted to be breeched, and we have breeches. Stones were formed to be quarried and to build castles; and My Lord has a very noble castle; the greatest Baron in the province should have the best house; and as pigs were made to be eaten, we eat pork all year round; consequently, those who have asserted all is well talk nonsense; they ought to have said that all is for the best.

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Man is not born wicked; he be...

Man is not born wicked; he becomes so, as he becomes sick.

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All the arts are brothers; ea...

All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others.

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This agglomeration which was ...

This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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If God did not exist, he woul...

If God did not exist, he would have to be invented.

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May God defend me from my fri...

May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.

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The true character of liberty...

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

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The tyranny of the many would...

The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

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Marriage is the only adventur...

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

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War is the greatest of all cr...

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.

Voltaire 196 quotes

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