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

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

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

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

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord,...

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord,...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

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...

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

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

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

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.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

My life is a struggle.

My life is a struggle.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

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...

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Minds differ still more than faces

Minds differ still more than faces

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Mind may make business relationship; Heart does make personal relationship; Beautiful soul only makes sustainable...

Mind may make business relationship; Heart does make personal relationship; Beautiful soul only makes sustainable...