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141 " 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
142 " Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. "
143 " It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. "
― Voltaire , The Age of Louis XIV (Everyman's Library #780)
144 " Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst. "
― Voltaire , Candide
145 " Let us cultivate our garden. "
146 " But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin. "
147 " I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste. "
― Voltaire , Candide and Other Stories
148 " In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. "
149 " When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself. "
150 " Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure. "
151 " Fools admire everything in an author of reputation. "
152 " It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love. "
153 " Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it. "
― Voltaire , Philosophical Dictionary
154 " I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher. "
155 " Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. "
156 " … il est bon de tuer de tems en tems un Amiral pour encourager les autres. "
157 " Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.) "
158 " It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. "
159 " God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. "
160 " We never live; we are always in the expectation of living. "