Minds differ still more than faces

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Mind Quotes

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

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

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly...

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly...

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity,...

And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity,...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...