I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
From Voltaire
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
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