He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Learning Quotes

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

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

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!...

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

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...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

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

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

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

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

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

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

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

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

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

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

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

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

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.