I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
VoltaireStichwörter: monarchy
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
VoltaireStichwörter: books
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
VoltaireWhen a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VoltaireEvery man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VoltaireStichwörter: guilt
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
VoltaireStichwörter: love
Paradise is where I am
VoltaireAnimals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
VoltaireIf God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."
(Notebooks)
Stichwörter: religion atheism idolatry agnostic
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.
VoltaireStichwörter: ignorance persecution innovation disregard conformism reformers trailblazers
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