Quotes by Voltaire

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

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

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

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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

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Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

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Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

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

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Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

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Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

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