Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

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...

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

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

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.

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

Better is the enemy of good.

Better is the enemy of good.

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...

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...

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

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.

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...

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.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...