Francois Voltaire Quotes

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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbor's, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
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S'il n'existait pas Dieu il faudrait l'inventer." (If God did not exist he would have to be invented.)
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Judge a Man not by his question, but by his questions.
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Le paradis terrestre est oΓΉ je suis.
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Cento volte desiderai di uccidermi, ma mi piaceva tuttora di vivere. Questa ridicola debolezza Γ¨ forse una delle nostre inclinazioni piΓΉ funeste: c'Γ¨ nulla infatti piΓΉ sciocco di voler continuare a portare un fardello che si vorrebbe sempre buttar per terra? d'avere l'esser proprio in orrore, ed esserci attaccati? insomma, d'accarezzare il serpente che ci divora, finchΓ© non ci abbia mangiato il cuore?
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Voltaire (Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics) Reprint Edition by Voltaire, Francois published by Penguin Classics (2009) Paperback)