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The sentiment of justice is so natural, so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to me independent of all law, all party, all religion  (Voltaire Quotes) A man who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less  (Voltaire Quotes) The first king was a successful soldier; he who serves well his country has no need of ancestors  (Voltaire Quotes) Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life  (Voltaire Quotes) In this country it is found necessary now and then to put an admiral to death in order to encourage the others  (Voltaire Quotes) It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part; the rest are confounded with the multitude  (Voltaire Quotes) Pleasure has its time; so too has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation  (Voltaire Quotes) Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts  (Voltaire Quotes) Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked  (Voltaire Quotes) Friendship, gift of heaven, delight of great souls; friendship which kings, so distinguished for ingratitude, are unhappy enough not to know  (Voltaire Quotes) The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing  (Voltaire Quotes) The modesty of certain ambitious persons consists in becoming great without making too much noise; it may be said that they advance in the world on tiptoe  (Voltaire Quotes) There is in some minds a nucleus of error which attracts and assimilates everything to itself  (Voltaire Quotes) The post is the grand connecting link of all transactions, of all negotiations. Those who are absent, by its means become present; it is the consolation of life  (Voltaire Quotes) Titles are of no value to posterity; the name of a man who has achieved great deeds imposes more respect than any or all epithets  (Voltaire Quotes) The fate of a nation has often depended on the good or bad digestion of a prime minister  (Voltaire Quotes) A great writer possesses, so to speak, an individual and unchangeable style, which does not permit him easily to preserve the anonymous  (Voltaire Quotes) Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy  (Voltaire Quotes) Voltaire was a smart cookie  (Voltaire Quotes) Mock on, mock on, voltaire, rousseau. Mock on, mock on-'tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, and the wind blows it back again  (Voltaire Quotes) There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment. When a man is contented he goes to sleep. Voltaire had no chance to be contented, and so he wrote eternally and unceasingly, more than any other man in the history of the world  (Voltaire Quotes) Pensions are the favors of the powerful, and dangerous to any great intellect. It is only here and there down throughout the ages that a Voltaire is born who does not fall a victim to their blandishments  (Voltaire Quotes) Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages  (Voltaire Quotes) Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization  (Voltaire Quotes) A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him  (Voltaire Quotes) I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy  (Voltaire Quotes) It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, ‘We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that we’re not, we cling to.’  (Voltaire Quotes) Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England.  (Voltaire Quotes) Voltaire lighted a torch and gave to others the sacred flame. The light still shines and will as long as man loves liberty and seeks for truth.  (Voltaire Quotes) Voltaire made up his mind to destroy the superstition of his time. He fought with every weapon that genius could devise or use. He was the greatest of all caricaturists, and he used this wonderful gift without mercy.  (Voltaire Quotes)
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