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Famous Voltaire Quotes
“I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.”
“Let each of us boldly and honestly say: How little it is that I really know!”
“If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.”
“I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.”
“A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less.”
“To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.”
“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.”
“Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.”
“I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.”
“The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.”
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.”
“What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.”
“We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.”