Common sense is not so common.

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

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

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

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

My life is a struggle.

My life is a struggle.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

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 thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it,...

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it,...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

All for one and one for all

All for one and one for all