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 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.
VoltaireVoltaire Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
VoltaireVoltaire Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
VoltaireVoltaire To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
VoltaireVoltaire He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.
Yunus EmreYunus Emre During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn’t have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.
Bill MaherBill Maher If you think you have it tough, read history books.
Bill MaherBill Maher In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.
Nizami GanjaviNizami Ganjavi A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.
Jessica AlbaJessica Alba I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
Michael CaineMichael Caine No one ever writes a book in which he is the bad guy.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.
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