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Voltaire
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A witty saying proves nothing.
--Voltaire
All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.
--Voltaire
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.
--Voltaire
God is always on the side of the big battalions.
--Voltaire
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
--Voltaire
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
--Voltaire
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
--Voltaire
Prejudice is opinion without judgement.
--Voltaire
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
--Voltaire
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
--Voltaire
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.
--Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
--Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
--Voltaire
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
--Voltaire