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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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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. ↗

— Voltaire

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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. ↗

— Voltaire

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Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. ↗

— 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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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. ↗

— Voltaire

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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ↗

— Voltaire

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. ↗

— Voltaire

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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same. ↗

— Voltaire

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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. ↗

— Voltaire

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