Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
VoltaireMy Lady Baroness, who weighed three hundred and fifty pounds, consequently was a person of no small consideration; and then she did the honors of the house with a dignity that commanded universal respect. Her daughter was about seventeen years of age, fresh-colored, comely, plump, and desirable. The Baron's son seemed to be a youth in every respect worthy of the father he sprung from. Pangloss, the preceptor, was the oracle of the family, and little Candide listened to his instructions with all the simplicity natural to his age and disposition.
VoltaireWe’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.
VoltaireGod's only excuse is that He doesn't exist," remarked Voltaire after a natural disaster that killed many people. Nietzsche loved this quote and wished he'd coined it!
VoltaireHow many plays have been written in France?' Candide asked the abbe.
'Five or six thousand.'
'That's a lot,' said Candide. 'How many of them are good?'
'Fifteen or sixteen,' replied the abbe.
'That's a lot,' said Martin.
Tags: humor playwriting
Значи, оние кои тврделе дека се е добро, кажале глупост, требало да кажат дека не можело да биде подобро.
VoltaireАко ова е најдбобриот свет, какви ли се тогаш оние другите?
VoltaireСто пати сакав да се убијам, но уште сакав да живеам. Таа смешна слабост е можеби една од најстрашните на нашите природни склоности; бидејќи има ли нешто поглупаво отколку непрекинато со себе да се влече товарот кој постојано сакаме да го отфрлиме? Да се грозиш од сопствениот живот и да го сакаш тој живот.
VoltaireDiscord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
VoltaireTags: tolerance
We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.
VoltaireTags: civilization scotland
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