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Voltaire Quotes

«Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: knave
«He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.»
«Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: accurately, volumes
«They use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to disguise their thoughts.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: injustices
«Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: attaches, metals, rust, shun
«What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.»
«May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.»
«God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.»
«The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: idol, kissed, pope, the pope, tied
«Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Boredom | Keywords: repose