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• Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

  Voltaire

  Believe, Independent, Taste

  "Candide, Or, Optimism". Book by Voltaire, 1759.

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• God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

  Voltaire

  God, Spiritual, Circles

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.147, Penguin

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• Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind.

  Voltaire

  Religious, Evil, Parent

  Voltaire (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)”, p.4371, Delphi Classics

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• Love truth, but pardon error.

  Voltaire

  Love, Life, Dream

  "Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme". Book by Voltaire, 1738.

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• Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

  Voltaire

  Courage, Truth, May

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• Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

  Voltaire

  Journey, Hiking, Thought Provoking

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.109, Penguin

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• Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

  Voltaire

  Happiness, Men, Advice

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• I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts. What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us, and hug him close to our bosoms till he has gnawed into our hearts?

  Voltaire

  Heart, Hug, Weakness

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• I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

  Voltaire

  Men, Years, Sorrow

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• To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!

  Voltaire

  Dream, Goal, Wish

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• Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

  Voltaire

  Christian, Atheist, Men

  "L'examen important de Milord Bolingbroke écrit sur la fin de 1736". Book by Voltaire. Conclusion, 1736.

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• Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christmas

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

  Voltaire

  Optimistic, Optimism, Madness

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• Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

  Voltaire

  Birthday, Equality, Men

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• The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.

  Voltaire

  Philosophy, Men, Desire

  Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French”, p.118

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• A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

  Voltaire

  Atheism, Clergymen, Expenses

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• One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

  Voltaire

  Interesting, Should, Aim

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• The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

  Voltaire

  Life, Thinking, Consolation

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• One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.

  Voltaire

  Speak

  "Commentaires sur Corneille (1764)". "Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire", 1827.

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• The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Men, Giving

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• The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

  Voltaire

  Freedom, Character, Independence

  Voltaire, Tobias George Smollett, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901). “Voltaire: Index to His Works, Genius and Character”

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• Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

  Voltaire

  Wise, Wisdom, Learning

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• So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer.

  Voltaire

  Country, Men, Greatness

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• All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

  Voltaire

  God, Reality, Men

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

  Voltaire

  Boredom, Secret, Brevity

  SAMUEL JOHNSON

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