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More Quotes by Voltaire
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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.
The more a man knows, the less he talks.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
