I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

Work is often the father of pleasure.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

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

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

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

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

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears are the silent language of grief

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

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

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

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

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

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

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...