Tag: Voltaire
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
Voltaire
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When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit money when there is no good money.
Voltaire
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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.
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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
Voltaire
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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
Voltaire
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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
Voltaire
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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature.
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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.
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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
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