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Antiquity is full of the prai...

Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote.

Voltaire 196 quotes

To a toad what is beauty? A f...

To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.

Voltaire 196 quotes

When his highness sends a shi...

When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?

Voltaire 196 quotes

Those who are absent, by its ...

Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.

Voltaire 196 quotes

If there had been a censorshi...

If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.

Voltaire 196 quotes

If there were no God, it woul...

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Voltaire 196 quotes

What is called happiness is a...

What is called happiness is an abstract idea, composed of various ideas of pleasure; for he who has but a moment of pleasure is not a happy man, in like manner that a moment of grief constitutes not a miserable one.

Voltaire 196 quotes

Men fed upon carnage, and dri...

Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.

Voltaire 196 quotes

Those who believe absurdities...

Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.

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I never approved either the e...

I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.

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An admiral should be put to d...

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

Voltaire 196 quotes

But in this country it is nec...

But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.

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Chess is a game which reflect...

Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.

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A historian has many duties.....

A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore

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It must be confessed that the...

It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.

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Man can have only a certain n...

Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.

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Everyone places his good wher...

Everyone places his good where he can and has as much of it as he can, in his own way.

Voltaire 196 quotes

If the bookseller happens to ...

If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church, the magistrate grants the privilege without answering for the contents of the book. - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

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But for what purpose was the ...

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

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Doubt is not a very agreeable...

Doubt is not a very agreeable status, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

Voltaire 196 quotes

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