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Voltaire quotes about great

French Writer November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778

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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. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend;..."
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. Voltaire
All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers. Voltaire
The supper was like most Parisian suppers: silence at first, then a burst of unintelligible chatter, then witticisms that were mostly vapid, false rumors, bad reasonings, a little politics and a great deal of slander; they even spoke about new books. Voltaire
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great..."
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part. Voltaire
So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer. Voltaire
I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for..."
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The infinitely small have a pride infinitely great."
The infinitely small have a pride infinitely great. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great."
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "self-esteem is a balloon filled with wind, from which great..."
self-esteem is a balloon filled with wind, from which great tempests surge when it is pricked Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness,..."
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only..."
Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it. Voltaire

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