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Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

By Voltaire

Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

By Voltaire

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

By Voltaire

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

By Voltaire

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

By Voltaire

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

By Voltaire

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

By Voltaire

It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

By Voltaire

It is new fancy rathert than taste which produces so many new fashions.

By Voltaire

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

By Voltaire

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

By Voltaire

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

By Voltaire

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

By Voltaire

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge

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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

By Voltaire

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

By Voltaire

Injustice in the end produces independence.

By Voltaire

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

By Voltaire

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

By Voltaire

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one part of the citizens to give to the other.

By Voltaire

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

By Voltaire

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

By Voltaire

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

By Voltaire

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.

By Voltaire

I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.

By Voltaire

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

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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.

By Voltaire

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

By Voltaire

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

By Voltaire

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

By Voltaire