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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. ↗

— Voltaire

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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature. ↗

— Voltaire

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The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. ↗

— Voltaire

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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. ↗

— Voltaire

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. ↗

— Voltaire

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Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ↗

— Voltaire

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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. ↗

— Voltaire

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. ↗

— Voltaire

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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ↗

— Voltaire

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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. ↗

— Voltaire

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