Voltaire on book
Voltaire90 quotes“I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.”
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
VoltaireVoltaire Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
VoltaireVoltaire It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VoltaireVoltaire Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
VoltaireVoltaire The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
VoltaireVoltaire Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
VoltaireVoltaire There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VoltaireVoltaire When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
VoltaireVoltaire Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
VoltaireVoltaire I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
VoltaireVoltaire Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
VoltaireVoltaire Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
VoltaireVoltaire Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
VoltaireVoltaire If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
VoltaireVoltaire Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
VoltaireVoltaire Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown
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The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda But a Book is only the Heart’s Portrait- every Page a Pulse.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ.
Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock A person has to keep something to herself or you’re life is just a layout in a magazine.
Grace KellyGrace Kelly Defend the Bible? I’d sooner defend a lion. You don’t defend the Bible; you open its cage and let it roar.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon