Voltaire Quotes

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  If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

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  Looks, Want, Criticize

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  The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

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  Ignorance, Stupidity, Appearance

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• So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

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  Religious, Fear, Sleep

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  It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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  Wisdom, Freedom, Fool

  "Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers: Troisième Entretien". Book by Voltaire, 1767.

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• Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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  Funny, Peace, War

  "Questions sur les Miracles". Publication by Voltaire, 1765.

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• Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.

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  Should, Said, Being True

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• The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

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  Happiness, Cheer Up, Decisions You Make

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• If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.

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  Insane, Earth, Asylums

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• The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

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  Important, Speech, Free Speech

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• The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

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  Eye, Reflection, Mirrors

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  Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

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  Reason, Destined

  François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1766). “The philosophical dictionary, from the French”, p.152

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• It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

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  Inspirational, Religious, Freedom

  "The Age of Louis XIV". Book by Voltaire, 1751.

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• In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

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  Money, Art, Humor

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• Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

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  Relationship, Sleep, Knowing

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• Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

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  Wisdom, Clever, Men

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• The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.

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  Philosophical, Comfort, Poverty

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• The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

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  Funny, Hilarious, Silly

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• Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

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  Believe, Government, Democracy

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• Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

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  Truth, Cherish

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• Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Yoga

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• It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

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  Real, Inequality, Dependence

  "Equality" by Voltaire, 1764.

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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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  Nature, Animal, Men

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• Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

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  Funny, Use It Or Lose It, Prejudice

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• Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself.

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  Thinking, Men, Hands

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• The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Educational

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