If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Quote by Voltaire

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History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

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

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

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. Ive never detected any conflict between...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. Ive never detected any conflict between...

All for one and one for all

All for one and one for all