1,052 Quotes by Voltaire

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    Avez-vous jamais été en France, monsieur Martin ? dit Candide.- Oui, dit Martin, j'ai parcouru plusieurs provinces. Il y en a où la moitié des habitants est folle, quelques-unes où l'on est trop rusé, d'autres où l'on est communément assez doux et bête, d'autres où l'on fait le bel esprit ; et dans toutes, la principale occupation est l'amour, la seconde de médire, et la troisième de dire des sottises.

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    FANATICISM is, to superstition, what delirium is to fever, and fury to anger : he who has ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities, and imaginations for prophecies, is an enthusiast ; and he, who sticks not at supporting his folly by murder, is a fanatic.

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    Oh! quand j'aurais une langue de fer,Toujours parlant jene pourrais suffire,Mon cher lecteur, à te nombrer et direCombien de saints on rencontre en enfer.

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    العالم الذي أتيت إليه مكان ممل إلى درجة لا تطاق، ولا سبيل إلى العيش فيه دون أن أعمل أيًا كان الدافع أو النتيجة المنشودة.

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    Everything is not as good as in El-Dorado; but everything is not so bad.

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    العمل هو الطريقة الوحيدة لجعل الحياة محتملة

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    Les chagrins secrets sont encore plus cruels que les misères publiques.

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    Pangloss taught metaphysico-theologico-cosmo-codology. He could prove wonderfully that there is no effect without a cause and that, in this best of all possible worlds, His Lordship the Baron's castle was the most beautiful of castles and Madam the best of all baronesses.

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    Just for fun, why not get each passenger to tell you the story of his life, and if there is one single one of them who hasn't often cursed the day he was born and hasn't often said to himself that he was the most unfortunate man alive, then you can throw me into the sea head first.

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