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A collection of notable quotations from a variety of Early Modern Era individuals. See the Guide for more details.
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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. —  Voltaire
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. —  Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. —  Voltaire
God created woman to tame man. —  Voltaire
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. —  Voltaire
I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health. —  Voltaire
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous'. And God granted it. —  Voltaire
If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
— Candide, 1759
—  Voltaire
In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. —  Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. —  Voltaire
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished – unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. —  Voltaire
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions [that] they attack. —  Voltaire
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. —  Voltaire
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. —  Voltaire
Men argue. Nature acts. —  Voltaire
Men will not be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. —  Voltaire
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out. —  Voltaire
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. —  Voltaire
To succeed in this world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. —  Voltaire
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. —  Voltaire

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