Tag: Voltaire
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The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
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Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
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The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.
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