#in

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. ↗

— Voltaire

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All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God. ↗

— Voltaire

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As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. ↗

— Voltaire

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Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. ↗

— Voltaire

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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all. ↗

— Voltaire

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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. ↗

— Voltaire

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. ↗

— Voltaire

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We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest. ↗

— Voltaire

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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ↗

— Voltaire

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