Voltaire Quotes - Page 12

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• Fame is a heavy burden.

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  Fame, Burden, Heavy

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• We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.

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  Wise, Do The Best, Knows

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• Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

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  Men, Perfection, Doe

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• Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

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  Grief, Secret, Calamity

  Voltaire (2016). “Candide”, p.59, Xist Publishing

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• Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.

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  War, Army, States

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• Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.

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  Greatness, Companion, Inseparable

  Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French”, p.133

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• "I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."

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  Children, Evil, Boredom

  Voltaire (2017). “Candide (Français Anglais édition illustré): Candide (French English Edition illustrated)”, p.229, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

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  Friendship, Hate, Enemy

  "Déclaration de Voltaire". Note to his secretary, Jean-Louis Wagnière, February 28, 1778.

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• Work is often the father of pleasure.

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  Father, Pleasure

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• Why are the Jews hated? It is the inevitable result of their laws; they either have to conquer everybody or be hated by the whole human race.

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  Race, Law, Conquer

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• The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.

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  Grease, Atheism, Charity

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• God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

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  Prayer, Heart, Wicked

  Voltaire (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)”, p.4294, Delphi Classics

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• Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

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  Life, Rust, Brilliant

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• Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people.

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  Religious, Atheist, Intelligent

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• There is only one morality, as there is only one geometry.

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  Life, Morality, Geometry

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• Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter.

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  Sweet, Bitter, Indolence

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• Will is wish, and liberty is power.

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  Freedom, Wish, Liberty

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• I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

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  Book, Reading, Littles

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• You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.

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  Art, Devil, Succeed

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• Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.

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  Silly, Religion, Priests

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• The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

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  Dream, Watches, World

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• What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

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  Forgiveness, Failure, Errors

  Voltaire, André Maurois (1939). “The Living Thoughts of Voltaire”

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• Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

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  Moving, Men, Poetry

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.313, Penguin

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• To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.

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  Life, Enjoy Life, Enjoy

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• Let each of us boldly and honestly say: How little it is that I really know!

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  Littles, Honestly, Knows

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.150, Penguin

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