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Voltaire Quotes

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.""It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.""Prejudices are what fools use for reason.""Love truth, but pardon error.""The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.""Illusion is the first of all pleasures.""Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.""Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.""God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.""The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.""Let us cultivate our garden.""Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers""To hold a pen is to be at war.""It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong""The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing""Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do""I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it""The best is the enemy of the good""Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her but once they are in hand he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game""Common sense is not so common"