Voltaire Quotes - Page 3

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• Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.

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  Atheist, Religion, Atheism

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• Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

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  Inspirational, Thinking Of You, Knowledge

  Voltaire (1762). “Works”, p.114

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• It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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  Peace, Crazy, War

  "Rights". Book by Voltaire, 1771.

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• The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

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  Funny, Triumph, Reason

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• As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

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  Truth, Believe, Evil People

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• To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

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  Funny, Stupid, Humor

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

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  Brother, Men, Monsters

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.142, Penguin

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• No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

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  Inspirational, Education, Clever

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• The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.

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  Children, Heart, Religion

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• A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

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  Inspirational, Educational, Party

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• God created sex. Priests created marriage.

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  Funny, Marriage, Sexy

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• Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

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  Law, Tyrants, Support

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• Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

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  Earthquakes, Political, Politics

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• The more you know, the less sure you are.

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  Math, Mathematical, Math And Science

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• The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

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  Exercise, Rights, Law

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• Earth is an insane asylum, to which the other planets deport their lunatics.

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  Insanity, Bipolar, Insane

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• I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.

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  God, Spiritual, Imagine

  Attributed to Voltaire in Robert L. Weber "More Random Walks in Science: An Anthology" (p. 65), 1982.

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• Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.

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  Inspirational, Time, Philosophical

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• When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

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  Appreciation, Morning, Light

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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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  Funny, Life, God

  Letter to M. Damilaville, 16 May 1767

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• Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.

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  Zero, Historical, Paper

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• Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.

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  Heart, Soul, Sensual

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• Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them

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  People, Reasonable

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• No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.

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  Burning, Opinion, Neighbor

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• It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.

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  Government, Giving, Opinion

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