The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Life Quotes

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

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

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

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...

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

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.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

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

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

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.

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

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

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

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...

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...

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.