Voltaire Quotes, Life Quotes, Men Quotes

You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!

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The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.

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

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To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.

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There is a pleasure in not being pleased.

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All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon

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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

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The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

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A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.

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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

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No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.

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You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.

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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.

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One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.

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Let us cultivate our garden.

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Mortals are equal; their mask differs.

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