I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
Common sense is not so common.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
Love truth, but pardon error.
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Men use thought only to justify their wrongdoings, and speech only to conceal their thoughts.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
In this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
Fate is a name for something we wish to avoid. If we knew what we wanted, we might get it.
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The secret of being tiresome is to tell everything.
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy, the mad daughter of a wise mother.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Tears are the silent language of grief.
Perfect is the enemy of good.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of his opinion, is a monster.
Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do.
The best is the enemy of the good.
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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