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Voltaire Quotes - Page 5

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History never repeats itself. Man always does.

History never repeats itself. Man always does.

Men, History, Doe

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

Men, Thinking, Mad

Letter (1762)

I hate women because they always know where things are.

Inspirational, Funny, Cute

Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

Boldness And Courage, Dare

"Can Stephen Abell stay true to Voltaire at the Sun?" by Peter Preston, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2013.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

Pregnancy, Future, Goal

The Portable Voltaire Philosophical Dictionary Concatenation of Events

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

Optimistic, Optimism, One Day

"Voltaire: Poeme sur le desastre de Lisbonne". Book by Voltaire (translated), 1756.

If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace

Cutting, Land, Two

Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.142, Penguin

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.

War, Color, Justice

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

"Brutus". Play by Voltaire (Act II, Scene I), 1730.

To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

Pleasure, Enjoy, Know How

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Marriage, Humorous, Being Single

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

Two, Stronger, Lions

If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.

Groups, Tomorrow, Born

The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you."

Believe, Men, Damn You

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever, Tyrants

"Mérope". Play by Voltaire. Act V, Scene V, 1743.

God created woman to tame man.

Men

There can be no happiness without good health

Good Health

Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.

Inspirational, Running, Positive Thinking

"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…".

It is up to us to cultivate our garden.

Garden

Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.

Common Sense, Interesting, Leader

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Birthday, Loss, Aggravation

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

Men, Doe, Prudent

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.2036, e-artnow

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

Truth, Receipts, Persecuted

It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.

Motivational, Giving, Answers

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

Truth, Men, All Time

Letter to François-Joachim de Pierre, cardinal de Bernis, April 23, 1764.

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