May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

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.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

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 man than to condemn an innocent one.

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

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

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...

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

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

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

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

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the...

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the...