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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Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears are the silent language of grief

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play...

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play...

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use do not abuse, neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use do not abuse, neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Minds differ still more than faces

Minds differ still more than faces

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

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

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

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...

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version...

Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version...