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Been Quotes by Voltaire
- Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
- 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…
- We are intelligent beings: intelligent beings cannot have been formed by a crude, blind, insensible being: there is certainly some difference between the ideas of…
- All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being…
- Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our…
- I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of…
- When truth is evident, it is impossible for parties and factions to rise. There never has been a dispute as to whether there is daylight…
- Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most…
- If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
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- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle