Quotes by Voltaire

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"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."
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 labor  

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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.
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 death  

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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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 prejudice  

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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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 psychology  

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
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 thinking  

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Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
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 idleness  

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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.
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 conformity  

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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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 animal  civilization  

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
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 god  

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.
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 history  

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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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 medical  

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Tears are the silent language of grief.
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 crying  grief  

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History supplies little beyond a list of those who have accommodated themselves with the property of others.
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 history  

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Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.
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 exaggeration  

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Historians are gossips who tease the dead.
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 history  

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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
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 philosophy  

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