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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Voltaire?
→ Dying is a wild night and a new road.
→ They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
→ The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to the ages other women.
→ The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Pick the quote attributed to Voltaire.
→ Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
→ Human nature is not of itself vicious.
→ Fortune favors the bold.
→ Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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Select the quotation attributed to Voltaire.
→ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
→ Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
→ The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.
→ Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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One of these may be attributed to Voltaire. Which one?
→ The law is reason, free from passion.
→ Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.
→ Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
→ Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
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Which one of these belongs to Voltaire?
→ Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.
→ It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
→ The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.
→ What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Voltaire?
→ Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.
→ Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
→ The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
→ Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Voltaire.
→ Once you label me you negate me.
→ To govern is to serve, not to rule.
→ Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
→ We say sound things when we do not strive to say to say extraordinary ones.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Voltaire. Which one?
→ The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
→ It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.
→ A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.
→ To be prepared is half the victory.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Voltaire?
→ Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
→ A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world.
→ Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
→ Tears are the silent language of grief.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Voltaire.
→ We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
→ Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
→ When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
→ The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Looks like Voltaire is the author of one of these.
→ The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
→ It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
→ Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
→ Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason – they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
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Pick the one quotation belonging to Voltaire.
→ In time we hate that which we often fear.
→ Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
→ Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
→ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
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Which one should be attributed to Voltaire?
→ The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
→ If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
→ What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
→ We have been friends together in sunshine and in shade.
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Can you identify which quote belongs to Voltaire?
→ Health is not valued till sickness comes.
→ Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
→ We are rarely proud when we are alone.
→ Natural abilities are like natural plants, they need pruning, by study.
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Select the quote belonging to Voltaire.
→ Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
→ What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
→ There are three things that are extremely hard: steel, a diamond and to know oneself.
→ A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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Choose which quotation belongs to Voltaire.
→ The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
→ The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
→ Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
→ Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
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Select the quote, which is attributable to Voltaire.
→ The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
→ We need never be ashamed of our tears.
→ Leave no stone unturned.
→ The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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Identify the quotation belonging to Voltaire?
→ Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest who is not discovered.
→ If you want to discover your true opinion of anybody, observe the impression made on you by the first sight of a letter from him.
→ When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
→ Do not argue with spouse who is packing your parachute.
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