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Quotations by author » Voltaire
French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778
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It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Government
It is easier to write on money than to obtain it, and those who gain it, jest much at those who only know how to write about it
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It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions
Fashion
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must also know how to seduce
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It is not known precisely where angels dwell -- whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.
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It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection
Birthday
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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It is only through timidity that states are lost.
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It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.
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It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
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It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap.
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It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude
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It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion
Opinions
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