Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.
VoltaireTag: evil work greed need boredom labor vice want weariness
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
VoltaireTag: philosophical
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
VoltaireTag: appreciation
I should like to know which is worse: to be ravished a hundred times by pirates, and have a buttock cut off, and run the gauntlet of the Bulgarians, and be flogged and hanged in an auto-da-fe, and be dissected, and have to row in a galley -- in short, to undergo all the miseries we have each of us suffered -- or simply to sit here and do nothing?'
That is a hard question,' said Candide.
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.
VoltaireSaid Candide to Cacambo:
My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue, and the happiness of seeing Cunegonde once more.
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
VoltaireSemakin aku banyak membaca, semakin aku banyak berpikir; semakin aku banyak belajar, semakin aku sadar bahwa aku tak mengetahui apa pun
VoltaireTag: inspirational
Cela est bien, repondit Candide, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.
VoltaireTag: spirit garden inspirtational sprituality
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