It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

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

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

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

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

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

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...

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.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves...

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves...

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...

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

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

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

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

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...

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

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

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes...

A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes...