It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

To hold a pen is to be at war.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

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

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

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

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...

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

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.

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...

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

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...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn...

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

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...

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

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...