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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
― Voltaire

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
― Voltaire

“It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”
― Voltaire, Zadig et autres contes

“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.”
― Voltaire

“Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.”
― Voltaire

“Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.”
― Voltaire

“One of the wildest and freest things we can do is to embrace our little personality quirks and believe that we were made that way on purpose, for the glory of God and the good of the kingdom.”
― Jess Connolly, Always Enough, Never Too Much: 100 Devotions to Quit Comparing, Stop Hiding, and Start Living Wild and Free

“For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters