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

Quote by Voltaire

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.

To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

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

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

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

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.

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

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...

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.