Quotes about Voltaire

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

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The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

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The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

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The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

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

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