Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Love Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be...

How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be...

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is...

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is...

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent...

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent...

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on...

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really...