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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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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Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

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A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.

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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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I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher.

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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.

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‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

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To hold a pen is to be at war.

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The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.

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What can we say with certainty?

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Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.

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I have wanted to kill myself a million times, but somehow I am still in love with life.

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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

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The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.

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I loved him as we always love the first time: with idolatry and wild passion.

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To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.

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The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.

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What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

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It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.

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