English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Voltaire Quotes

Voltaire quote: "The only reward to be expected from the cultivation of..."

The only reward to be expected from the cultivation of literature is contempt if one fails and and hatred if one succeeds.

Voltaire

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "Men still have to be governed by deception."
Men still have to be governed by deception. Georg C. Lichtenberg
You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary for me to be killed and for you to betray me. We two must save the world. Help me." Judas bowed his head. After a moment he asked, "If you had to betray your master, would you do it?" Jesus reflected for a long time. Finally he said, "No, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to. That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task: to be crucified. Nikos Kazantzakis
Tea Leoni quote: "I have always loathed working out."
I have always loathed working out. Tea Leoni
When all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing. Hannah Arendt
Elie Wiesel quote: "I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings..."
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Elie Wiesel
Laugh and fear not, creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless, you need not always be grave. For jokes as well as justice come in with speech. C. S. Lewis
Leo Tolstoy quote: "If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so..."
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love. Leo Tolstoy
Study me as much as you like, you will not know me, for I differ in a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes and see me as I see myself, for I have chosen to dwell in a place you cannot see. Rumi
Mary Douglas quote: "Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems..."
Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power. Mary Douglas
It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut. Philip Stanhope
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. Fred Rogers
Antonin Artaud quote: "I abandon myself to the fever of dreams, in search for new laws."
I abandon myself to the fever of dreams, in search for new laws. Antonin Artaud
Marriage in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have. Gordon B. Hinckley
Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course. But we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time. It is therefore at least millions to one that the reporter of a miracle tells a lie. Thomas Paine
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures."
Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures. Henry David Thoreau