Voltaire

Say something original →

Published May 25, 2023  ·  All posts on May 25  ·  , ,

Many stupid things are uttered by people whose only motivation is to say something original.

~ Voltaire

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Amusements →

Published May 26, 2022  ·  All posts on May 26  ·  ,

Let us read, and let us dance; These two amusements will never do harm to the world.

~ Voltaire

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Pleasure →

Published April 19, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 19  ·  

Moderation is the pleasure of the wise.

~ Voltaire

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All comes out even at the end →

Published April 20, 2019  ·  All posts on Apr 20  ·  ,

Weak as I am, I carry on the war to the last moment, I get a hundred pike thrusts, I return two hundred and I laugh. I see near my door Geneva on fire with quarrels over nothing, and I laugh again; And, thank god, I can look upon the world as a farce even when it becomes as tragic as it sometimes does. All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out still more even when all the days are over.

~ Voltaire

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