The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

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

By: Voltaire

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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes... view

By: Voltaire

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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd... view

By: Voltaire

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Do well and you will have no need for ancestors... view

By: Voltaire

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Perfection is attained by slow degrees.. view

By: Voltaire

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

By: Voltaire

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Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die... view

By: Voltaire

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice... view

By: Voltaire

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God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best... view

By: Voltaire

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The public is a ferocious beast.. view

By: Voltaire

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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law... view

By: Voltaire

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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard... view

By: Voltaire

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