Clearly,” I said, “we should choose not to have good sense, if that good sense contributes to our misery.”
Everyone agreed with me, and yet I found no one who wanted to accept the bargain of becoming ignorant in order to become content. From this I concluded that though we greatly value happiness, we place even greater value on reason.
But yet, upon reflection, it seems that to prefer reason to happiness is to be quite insane.
كن شديد التسامح مع من خالفك الرأي، فإن لم يكن رأيه كل الصواب فلا تكن أنت كل الخطأ بتشبثك برأيك ..
VoltaireTag: التسامح-التعامل
What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
VoltaireTag: books
L'homme n'est fait pas pour travailler, la preuve c'est que cela le fatigue.
VoltaireI 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.
VoltaireIt is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.
VoltaireTag: love voltaire candide pangloss
What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
VoltaireDepois do terramoto que destruíra três quartos de Lisboa, os sábios do país não acharam meio mais eficaz de prevenir uma ruína total que oferecer um belo Auto-da-fé; foi decidido pela Universidade de Coimbra que o espetáculo de algumas pessoas queimadas em lume brando, numa grande cerimónia, é um segredo infalível para impedir a terra de tremer.
VoltaireHe was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.
VoltaireLife is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
VoltaireTag: inspirational
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