The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung... view

By: Voltaire

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Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce... view

By: Voltaire

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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women... view

By: Voltaire

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The ear is the avenue to the heart... view

By: Voltaire

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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us... view

By: Voltaire

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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes... view

By: Voltaire

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He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise... view

By: Voltaire

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Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue.. view

By: Voltaire

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked... view

By: Voltaire

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Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers... view

By: Voltaire

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices... view

By: Voltaire

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

By: Voltaire

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