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Voltaire quotes

French Writer November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778

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Voltaire quote: "The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that..."
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions."
It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "I hate women because they always know where things are."
I hate women because they always know where things are. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The multitude of books is making us ignorant."
The multitude of books is making us ignorant. Voltaire
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. Voltaire
One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence. Voltaire
What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us and hug him close to our bosoms tillhe has gnawed into our hearts? Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for..."
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies..."
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the..."
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. Voltaire
We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest. Voltaire
when man was put into the garden of eden, he was put there with the idea that he should work the land; and this proves that man was not born to be idle. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has..."
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up..."
Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Don't think money is everything or you are going to end up..."
Don't think money is everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money. Voltaire

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