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Very Quotes 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.
- The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
- The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
- He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
- Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.
- Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
- I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.
- 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…
- It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
- I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one 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…
- I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person
- You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.
- It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude.
- I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little.
- I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
- Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their times.
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