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One Quotes by Voltaire
- We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one…
- In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
- I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
- All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
- It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
- All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
- It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
- It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
- The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
- The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
- Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
- When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
- One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
- It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
- One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
- The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.
- Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct…
- Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd…
- But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.
- And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and…
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