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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. ↗

— Voltaire

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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

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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. ↗

— Voltaire

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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. ↗

— Voltaire

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others? ↗

— Voltaire

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Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. ↗

— Voltaire

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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ↗

— Voltaire

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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. ↗

— Voltaire

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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature. ↗

— Voltaire

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