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

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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

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

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn...

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn...

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...

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.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

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

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

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

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

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

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat....

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat....

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in...

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in...