Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

Quote by Voltaire

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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We...

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We...

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words...

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Use do not abuse, neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use do not abuse, neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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...

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...