November 21 Quotes

41 quotes in this collection

"Prejudices are what fools use for reason."

-- Voltaire

"A witty saying proves nothing."

-- Voltaire

"It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong."

-- Voltaire

"Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers."

-- Voltaire

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."

-- Voltaire

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

-- Voltaire

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

-- Voltaire

"Whatever you do, crush the infamy."

-- Voltaire

"Marriage is the only adventure open to the timid."

-- Voltaire

"All is for the best in the best of possible worlds."

-- Voltaire

"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything."

-- Voltaire

"I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health."

-- Voltaire

"Love truth, but pardon error."

-- Voltaire

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

-- Voltaire

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need."

-- Voltaire

"History never repeats itself. Man always does."

-- Voltaire

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

-- Voltaire

"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be well-mannered."

-- Voltaire

"Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice."

-- Voltaire

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

-- Voltaire

"The best is the enemy of the good."

-- Voltaire

"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking."

-- Voltaire

"Don't think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money."

-- Voltaire

"The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude."

-- Voltaire
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