When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy

Quote by Voltaire

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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.

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...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

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,...

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty...

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty...

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours,...

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours,...

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

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

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

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

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...

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence

Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong...

Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong...