I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

Voltaire

Tags: monarchy

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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

Voltaire

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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

Voltaire

Tags: reading books

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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.

Voltaire

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

Voltaire

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

Voltaire

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Paradise is where I am

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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."

(Notebooks)

Voltaire

Tags: religion atheism idolatry agnostic

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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

Tags: ignorance persecution innovation disregard conformism reformers trailblazers

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