Voltaire Quotes, Gun Quotes, Men Quotes

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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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

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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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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.

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No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.

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For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm.

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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

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Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.

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had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

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If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

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God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

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The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.

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What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason.

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It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

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How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.

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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.

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It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

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