Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

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...

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost...

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost...

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on...

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on...

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

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

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

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...

In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous....

In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous....

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.