We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.

Quote by Voltaire

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Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

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

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

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

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

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

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

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

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

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

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...

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

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

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