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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Prejudice is the reason of fools

Prejudice is the reason of fools

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

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 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...

While the people off fighting foreign tyrants generally get the praise of the American public,...

While the people off fighting foreign tyrants generally get the praise of the American public,...

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.