“The superfluous, a very necessary thing.”
— Voltaire
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It is not sufficient to see and
“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.”
— Voltaire
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Each player must accept the cards life
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”
— Voltaire
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He who is not just is severe,
“He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.”
— Voltaire
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We must cultivate our own garden. When
“We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.”
— Voltaire
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Time, which alone makes the reputation of
“Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.”
— Voltaire
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It is lamentable, that to be a
“It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.”
— Voltaire
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God is not on the side of
“God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.”
— Voltaire
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It is an infantile superstition of the
“It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.”
— Voltaire
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To the living we owe respect, but
“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”
— Voltaire
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The best is the enemy of the
“The best is the enemy of the good.”
— Voltaire
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