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Voltaire Quotes

«Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them»
«I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.»
«You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which most completely subjugated the human mind and annihilated reason»
«When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Philosophy | Keywords: hears, philosophy, speaks
«Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.»
«They (the British) are like their own beer; froth on top, dregs at bottom, the middle excellent»
«The person ready to believe unlikely and unproved things is readily made a slave of by the crafty»
«Prejudice is the reason of fools»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Prejudice | Keywords: prejudice
«To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back»
«The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: compel, do it, speak