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Voltaire quotes about time

French Writer November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778

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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away? Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "I loved him as we always love for the first time; with..."
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from..."
In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. Voltaire
Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.) Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making..."
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. Voltaire
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. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a..."
The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. Voltaire
And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea. Voltaire
Divert yourself, and ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand..."
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. Voltaire
It must also be noted that until the present time this malady, like religious controversy, has been wholly confined to the continent of Europe. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few..."
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time. Voltaire

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