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Religion may be purified. Thi...

Religion may be purified. This great work was begun two hundred years ago: but men can only bear light to come in upon them by degrees.

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.

Voltaire 196 quotes

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.

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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.

Voltaire 196 quotes

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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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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Chess is a game which reflect...

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

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Not all citizens can be equal...

Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.

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If there were only one religi...

If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.

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The harmony of a concert, to ...

The harmony of a concert, to which you listen with delight, must have on certain classes of minute animals the effect of terrible thunder; perhaps it kills them.

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God created women only to tam...

God created women only to tame men.

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There's scarce a point whereo...

There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind

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We are going to a new world.....

We are going to a new world... and no doubt it is there that everything is for the best; for it must be admitted that one might lament a little over the physical and moral happenings of our own world.

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I know of nothing more laugha...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.

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Since the whole affair had be...

Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.

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In all the disputes which hav...

In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.

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I confess that my stomach doe...

I confess that my stomach does not take to this style of cooking. I cannot accept calves sweetbreads swimming in a salty sauce, nor can I eat mince consisting of turkey, hare, and rabbit, which they try to persuade me comes from a single animal... As for the cooks, I really cannot be expected to put up with this ham essence, nor the excessive quantity of morels and other mushrooms, pepper, and nutmeg with which they disguise perfectly good food.

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Of all religions, Christianit...

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

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Los Padres have everything an...

Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

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It has taken seas of blood to...

It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.

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