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

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

My life is a struggle.

My life is a struggle.

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...

Work is often the father of pleasure.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

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

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

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly...

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly...

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

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

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

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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

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