Voltaire Quotes, Animal Quotes, Law Quotes

It would be very singular that all nature, all the planets, should obey eternal laws, and that there should be a little animal five feet high, who, in contempt of these laws, could act as he pleased, solely according to his caprice.

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A circumstance which has always appeared wonderful to me, is that such sublime discoveries should have been made by the sole assistance of a quadrant and a little arithmetic.

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We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.

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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

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Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

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History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

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Let us cultivate our garden.

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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

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All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

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Historians are gossips who tease the dead

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Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)

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A small number of choice books are sufficient.

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Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.

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Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

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The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?

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The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.

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Almost all life depends on probabilities.

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