I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Act Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.

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...

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

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

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

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage...

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage...

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!...

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

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...

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...

The rights of man as the foundation of just Government had been long understood; but...

The rights of man as the foundation of just Government had been long understood; but...