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Voltaire Quotes

"Common sense is not so common"

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."

"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

"Let us cultivate our garden."

"Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world"

"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do"

"Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one."

"All is for the best, in the best of all possible worlds."

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"

"This is the best of all possible worlds."

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true"