15 Philosophy Quotes From "Voltaire"

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1. "The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom."

- Voltaire.
2. "The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes."

- Voltaire.
3. "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

- Voltaire.
4. "Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life.

Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake."

- Voltaire.
5. "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."

- Voltaire.
6. “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”

- Voltaire.
7. "It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong."

- Voltaire.
8. "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

- Voltaire.
9. “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”

- Voltaire.
10. "Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason."

- Voltaire.
11. “God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”

- Voltaire.
12. “I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.”

- Voltaire.
13. “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”

- Voltaire.
14. “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”

- Voltaire.
15. “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”

- Voltaire.

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