Voltaire Quotes

French - Writer | November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

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TodayIllusionEverythingFineOur

Better is the enemy of good.

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GoodBetterEnemy

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

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ThoughtsThinkingMeditationKnowing

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

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WifeHusbandSurpriseWhoSurprised

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

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GodHimExistWouldNecessaryDid

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

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ThinkBrainyEnjoyPrivilegeOthers

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

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LifeFearEnjoy LifeDeathEnjoy

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

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ChanceNothingWithoutExistSense

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

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FunnyNecessaryVeryThing

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

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WillFollowFlashWhichAppears

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

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HateMenNothingHimIndividual

Clever tyrants are never punished.

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CleverNeverTyrantsPunished

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