The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
-- Voltaire
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.
-- Voltaire
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
-- Voltaire
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
-- Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
-- Voltaire
There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.
-- Voltaire
The secret of being boring is to say everything.
-- Voltaire
'That is well said,' replied Candide, 'but we must cultivate our garden.
-- Voltaire
The best is the enemy of the good.
-- Voltaire
Men will always be mad and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
-- Voltaire
If God created us in His image we have certainly returned the compliment.
-- Voltaire
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
-- Voltaire
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