Quotes Tagged With :voltaire

An opportunity fordoing an injury happens a hundred times a day, hut for doing good not once a year,"....

Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysiqueWhen....

But he had expressed to Mme. du Chatelet the hope that a way out might lie in applying philosophy to....

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

I only read books if Voltaire's cock has been dipped in red ink and rolled over the cover.

For all the enlightened nations that profess a loyalty to liberty, democracy, economy and all the rest,....

[Voltaire] theoretically prefers a republic, but he knows its flaws: it permits factions which, if they....

Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there....

Tolerance, which is one form of love of neighbor, must manifest itself not only in our personal relations,....

You are very harsh.''I have seen the world.