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More Quotes by Voltaire
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
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.
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 them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The more a man knows, the less he talks.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.