The superfluous, a very necessary thing

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Necessity Quotes

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

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 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...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

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 cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

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

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

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.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

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...

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.