Voltaire on book
Voltaire90 quotes“It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.”
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VoltaireVoltaire Dare to think for yourself.
VoltaireVoltaire If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
VoltaireVoltaire It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
VoltaireVoltaire It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VoltaireVoltaire Common sense is not so common.
VoltaireVoltaire No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
VoltaireVoltaire History never repeats itself. Man always does.
VoltaireVoltaire One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
VoltaireVoltaire It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
VoltaireVoltaire I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
VoltaireVoltaire What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
VoltaireVoltaire Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
VoltaireVoltaire It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
VoltaireVoltaire If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
VoltaireVoltaire Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
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No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
Robert FrostRobert Frost For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.
Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.
John GreenJohn Green To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo