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• Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared.

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  Twenties, Pockets, Littles

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• The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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  Perfect, Enemy, Excellence

  "La Bégueule". Poem by Voltaire, 1772.

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• The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

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  Government, Tyrants, Politics

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• I have chosen to be happy because it is goo for my health.

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  Happy, Health, Enlightenment Thinkers

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• Writing is the painting of the voice.

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  Writing, Voice, Painting

  Voltaire (1824). “A philosophical dictionary: from the French”, p.170

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• If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

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  Learning, Science, Thinking

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.67, Penguin

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• What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

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  Cutting, Men, Heaven

  Voltaire (2011). “A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary”, p.139, OUP Oxford

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• The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

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  Religious, Absurd, Jew

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• What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.

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  Perception, Madness, Reason

  Voltaire (1824). “A philosophical dictionary: from the French”, p.383

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• Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed.

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  Passion, Inspire, Atheism

  Voltaire (2012). “Philosophical Dictionary”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

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  Freedom, Character, Independence

  Voltaire, Tobias George Smollett, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901). “Voltaire: Index to His Works, Genius and Character”

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• Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

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  Faith, Believe, Reason

  1770 Questions sur l'Encyclopedie.

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• To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

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  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.130, Penguin

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• All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

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  Women, Sentimental, Sentiments

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• Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.

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  Opportunity, Neglected, Life Opportunity

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• If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

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  Atheist, Believe, Atrocities

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• History never repeats itself. Man always does.

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  Men, History, Doe

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• May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.

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  Funny, Friendship, Best Friend

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• True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

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  Powerful, Greatness, Understanding

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• Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

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  Stupid, Book, Enormous Quantities

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• There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.

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  Names, Causes, Effects

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• Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

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  Regret, Loss, Men

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• He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

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  Learning, Ignorance, Stupid People

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• We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

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  Death, Forgiveness, Nature

  Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French”, p.272

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• Clever tyrants are never punished.

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  Clever, Tyrants

  "Mérope". Play by Voltaire. Act V, Scene V, 1743.

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