He who is merely just is severe.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
There are no sects in geometry.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)
Men . . . employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
[Optimism] is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
Love truth, but pardon error.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
A witty saying proves nothing
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
Le sens commun n'est pas si commun (Common sense is not so common)
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
That is well said, replied Candide, but we must cultivate our garden.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet] Candide
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
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