Voltaire Quotes, Men Quotes, Garden Quotes

I also know that we must cultivate our garden. For when man was put in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, to work; which proves that man was not born for rest.

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It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

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The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.

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One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.

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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

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It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the cryphal or apocryphal books of the Old and New Testaments, put them all pell-mell on an altar, and the books to be rejected fell to the ground. It is a pity that this eloquent procedure has not survived.

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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

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If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.

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It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an infallible secret for preventing earthquakes.

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He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.

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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

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Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

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Writing is the painting of the voice.

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I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

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It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

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The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.

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

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The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.

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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

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