Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

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...

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

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

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

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...

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot...

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot...

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

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

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

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

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

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

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...

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues,...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues,...

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...