Tag: Voltaire
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Voltaire
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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
Voltaire
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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Voltaire
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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire
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We cannot wish for that we know not.
Voltaire
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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
Voltaire
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The secret of being a bore… is to tell everything.
Voltaire
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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Voltaire
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Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
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