Voltaire Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Cutting Quotes

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

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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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If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

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

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The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

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my soul is the mirror of the universe, and my body is its frame

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Love truth, but pardon error.

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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.

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The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.

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Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

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I should like to know which is worse: to be ravished a hundred times by pirates, and have a buttock cut off, and run the gauntlet of the Bulgarians, and be flogged and hanged in an auto-da-fe, and be dissected, and have to row in a galley -- in short, to undergo all the miseries we have each of us suffered -- or simply to sit here and do nothing?' That is a hard question,' said Candide.

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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

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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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You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!

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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

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Change everything except your loves.

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For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground?

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

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The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

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It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

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