Voltaire Quotes, Purpose Quotes

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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All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws

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In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.

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We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.

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We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results.

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To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.

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History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

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We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

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Fame is a heavy burden.

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A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

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Minds differ still more than faces.

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Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing

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You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.

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Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing.

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Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

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We only half live when we only half think.

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The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do.

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Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

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