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

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  It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

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  Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

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  My life is a struggle.

• Voltaire:

  The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

• Voltaire:

  The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

• Voltaire:

  Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

• Voltaire:

  To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

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  Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

• Voltaire:

  I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

• Voltaire:

  We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.