Author: Voltaire

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Tears are the silent language of grief.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

- Voltaire

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

- Voltaire

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

- Voltaire

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.

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

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

- Voltaire

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

- Voltaire

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

- Voltaire

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

- Voltaire

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

- Voltaire

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