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

Quote by Voltaire

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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

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...

In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous....

In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous....

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

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.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

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...

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

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...

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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...

Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow....

Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow....

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people,...

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people,...