A witty saying proves nothing.

About Voltaire

Portrait of Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, US also ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and...

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The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

necessity need superfluous

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

others appreciation

It is lamentable that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their
wills.

religion death animals theology funerals ceremony

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

music heart sound ear

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I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

—Douglas Adams

I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

—Robert Browning

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Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

choice proof changing your mind

America: a country where everything is done to prove life isn't tragic.

—Albert Camus

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The best proof of love is trust.

—Joyce Brothers

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