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More Quotes by Voltaire
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it
You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.
The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.
Dare to think for yourself.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
