The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

Quote by Voltaire

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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

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.

The ladder of success must be set upon something solid before you can start to...

The ladder of success must be set upon something solid before you can start to...

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord,...

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord,...

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born...

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born...

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...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

My life is a struggle.

My life is a struggle.

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.

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.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of...

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of...

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is...

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is...