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Letter "V" » Voltaire Quotes
«The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.»
«History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
crimes, misfortunes, portrayal, portrayals
«Man is a free agent; were it otherwise, the priests could not damn him»
«Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need»
«Someone has said that the first soothsayer, the first prophet, was the first rascal who encountered a fool»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
encountered, prophet, rascal, soothsayer, soothsayers, The Rascals
«Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life»
«All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.»
«Superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant»
«If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.»
«There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind»
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