All Voltaire Quotes
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
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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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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
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