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

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

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

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

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

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.

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.

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...

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We...

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We...

Better is the enemy of good.

Better is the enemy of good.

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

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...

Mail your packages early so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas.

Mail your packages early so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...