It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

Quote by Voltaire

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Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of...

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

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

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

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...

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...

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Business is the salt of life.

Business is the salt of life.

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.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors

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...

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from...