Voltaire Quotes, Boldness And Courage Quotes

Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

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Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

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Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.

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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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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

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He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.

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Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.

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The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

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There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

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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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This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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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 human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

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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 witty quote proves nothing.

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Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell.

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He who seeks truth should be of no country.

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