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Voltaire Quotes - Page 19

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The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

Mistake, Ocean, Men

Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French”, p.35

One feels like crawling on all fours after reading your work.

Work, Reading, Crawling

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

Pride, Proud

Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close at hand that it will strike at the first chance, and then there will be a pretty uproar. The young are fortunate, for they will see fine things.

Hands, Firsts, Revolution

The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them.

Religious, Believe, Fall

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

Peace, War, Mind

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

Weakness, Sides, Argument

Voltaire (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)”, p.4667, Delphi Classics

The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.

Hands, Idols, Feet

Voltaire (2016). “ZADIG - The Book of Faith (Illustrated): Historical Novel – A Story from Ancient Babylonia”, p.182, e-artnow

But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.

Art, Nature, Exercise

Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.1619, e-artnow

The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.

Men, Tyrants, Rogues

Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.137, Penguin

Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.

Fool, Reputation, Admire

Voltaire (2007). “The Complete Romances of Voltaire”, p.170, Wildside Press LLC

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

Life, Expectations

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

Lying, Men, Eulogy

Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

Men, Judging, Taste

Voltaire, John G. Gorton (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary”, p.111

How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!

Thinking, People, Boldness

Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.

Art, Blessing, Cities

"Candide, Or, Optimism". Book by Voltaire, 1759.

All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

Might, Serious, Should

Voltaire (1824). “A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].”, p.319

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Shining, Firsts

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Deceived Us, Quiet, Silent

"'Essai sur les Moeurs et l'Esprit des Nations' ('Essay on the Manners of Nations')". Book by Voltaire. Chapter CLXIII, 1756.

We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads.

Long, Brain, Ontology

Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.1207, e-artnow

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

Repent

"Nanine", II. 10 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 666-667), 1922.

Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.

Mistake, Errors, Age

Voltaire, John G. Gorton (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary”, p.298

A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

Witty, People, Attention

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

Poetry, Tragedy, Merit

Voltaire (2016). “VOLTAIRE – Premium Collection: Novels, Philosophical Writings, Historical Works, Plays, Poems & Letters (60+ Works in One Volume) - Illustrated: Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary, A Treatise on Toleration, Plato's Dream, The Princess of Babylon, Zadig, The Huron, Socrates, The Sage and the Atheist, Dialogues, Oedipus, Caesar…”, p.4095, e-artnow

I loved him as we always love the first time: with idolatry and wild passion.

Love, Passion, Firsts

"Candide".

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