Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Quote by Voltaire

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Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

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

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

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words...

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words...

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

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

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

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

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

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

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...

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We...

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We...

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every...

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every...

Don't compare your love story to those you watch in movies. They're written by scriptwriters,...

Don't compare your love story to those you watch in movies. They're written by scriptwriters,...

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.