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Voltaire Quotes: "If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize."

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.



Voltaire Quotes: "It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong."

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.




Voltaire Quotes: "The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes."

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.



Voltaire Quotes: "Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake."

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.




Voltaire Quotes: "Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason."

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.



Voltaire Quotes: "Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game."

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.



Voltaire Quotes: "The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood."

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.




Voltaire Quotes: "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.



Voltaire Quotes: "The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom."

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.



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

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



Voltaire Quotes: "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.



Voltaire Quotes: "The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity."

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.




Voltaire Quotes: "The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.



Voltaire Quotes: "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

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



Voltaire Quotes: "Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money."

Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.



Voltaire Quotes: "The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third."

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.



Voltaire Quotes: "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."

Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.



Voltaire Quotes: "Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?"

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?



Voltaire Quotes: "Prejudices are what fools use for reason."

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.



Voltaire Quotes: "The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor."

The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.



Voltaire Quotes: "The darkness is at its deepest. Just before the sunrise."

The darkness is at its deepest. Just before the sunrise.



Voltaire Quotes: "The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us"

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us



Voltaire Quotes: "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too."

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.



Voltaire Quotes: "If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum."

If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.



Voltaire Quotes: "Common sense is not so common."

Common sense is not so common.



Voltaire Quotes: "The more a man knows, the less he talks."

The more a man knows, the less he talks.



Voltaire Quotes: "What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on."

What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.



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

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



Voltaire Quotes: "‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.



Voltaire Quotes: "Dare to think for yourself."

Dare to think for yourself.



Voltaire Quotes: "We are all guilty of the good we did not do"

We are all guilty of the good we did not do



Voltaire Quotes: "The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.



Voltaire Quotes: "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 is content to swallow every day."

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 is content to swallow every day.



Voltaire Quotes: "May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies."

May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.



Voltaire Quotes: "Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need."

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.



Voltaire Quotes: "What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?"

What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?



Voltaire Quotes: "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.



Voltaire Quotes: "The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech."

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.



Voltaire Quotes: "We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature."

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.



Voltaire Quotes: "Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor."

Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.



Voltaire Quotes: "Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am."

Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.



Voltaire Quotes: "Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself."

Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself.



Voltaire Quotes: "It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence."

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.



Voltaire Quotes: "No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for."

No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.



Voltaire Quotes: "Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity."

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.



Voltaire Quotes: "There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them."

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.



Voltaire Quotes: "A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do."

A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.



Voltaire Quotes: "What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature."

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.



Voltaire Quotes: "One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion."

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.