I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.

Quote by Voltaire

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be...

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be...

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

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

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

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!...

Love truth, and pardon error.

Love truth, and pardon error.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

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.