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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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...

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

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,...

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

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

Love truth, and pardon error.

Love truth, and pardon error.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

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.