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Voltaire Quotes: In every province, the chief occupations, in order…

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

("Candide")

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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
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Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.
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In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
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Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
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