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12663 quotesA long dispute means that both parties are wrong
Argument
Voltaire
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Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.
Passion
Voltaire
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Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
Song and Singing
Voltaire
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Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
Fate
Voltaire
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Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
Ancestry
Voltaire
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Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
Certainty
Voltaire
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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Reform
Voltaire
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Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness.
Exaggeration
Voltaire
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Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.
Metaphysics
Voltaire
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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
Government
Voltaire
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He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
Wisdom
Voltaire
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
Questions
Voltaire
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He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.
Courage
Voltaire
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History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History and Historians
Voltaire
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I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.
Service
Voltaire
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I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
Doctors
Voltaire
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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
Lies and Lying
Voltaire
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I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
Law and Lawyers
Voltaire
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
Adventure
Voltaire
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In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
Enemies
Voltaire
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In this country it's a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others.
Army and Navy
Voltaire
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It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.
Poetry and Poets
Voltaire
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It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Government
Voltaire
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It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions.
Fashion
Voltaire
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
Books - Reading
Voltaire
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun