Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life

Quote by Voltaire

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Only your friends steal your books.

Only your friends steal your books.

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

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

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...

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Minds differ still more than faces

Minds differ still more than faces

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

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...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

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

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

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

The smile of God is victory.

The smile of God is victory.