I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

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...

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

To hold a pen is to be at war.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

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

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

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...

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

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

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

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 never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

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.