Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

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

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

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

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.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

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,...

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

Love truth, and pardon error.

Love truth, and pardon error.

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.