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: "It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the..."

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

Voltaire

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully. Haruki Murakami
Ernest Hemingway quote: "War is not won by victory."
War is not won by victory. Ernest Hemingway
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy. Peter De Vries
Daniel Day-Lewis quote: "I hate wasting people's time."
I hate wasting people's time. Daniel Day-Lewis
People who supported Obama felt like they formed a relationship, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign worked and the way he's worked during his first term is to make people feel like he's grasping their hand, whether it's by tweeting or email, moments after an event, sometimes during an event. It makes people relate to him. James Spader
Phyllis Schlafly quote: "Bite us once, shame on the dog; bite us repeatedly, shame on..."
Bite us once, shame on the dog; bite us repeatedly, shame on us for allowing it. Phyllis Schlafly
Paul McCartney quote: "But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as..."
But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp. Paul McCartney
Albert Camus quote: "Every achievement is a servitude. It compels us to a higher..."
Every achievement is a servitude. It compels us to a higher achievement. Albert Camus
R. Buckminster Fuller quote: "Truth is a tendency."
Truth is a tendency. R. Buckminster Fuller
I'm so uncoordinated, I can't really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski. Johnny Knoxville
Haley Joel Osment quote: "I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said..."
I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me. Haley Joel Osment
See?" Fezzik pointed then. Far down, at the very bottom of the mountain path, the man in black could be seen running. "Inigo is beaten."Inconceivable!" exploded the Sicilian.Fezzik never dared disagree with the hunchback. "I'm so stupid," Fezzik nodded. "Inigo has not lost to the man in black, he has defeated him. And to prove it he has put on all the man in black's clothes and masks and hoods and boots and gained eighty pounds. William Goldman
Jeff Daniels quote: "You know, it's really strange now with the Internet, with..."
You know, it's really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion. Jeff Daniels
The dove descending breaks the air. With flame of incandescent terror. Of which the tongues declare. The one discharge from sin and error. The only hope, or else despair. Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre-To be redeemed from fire by fire. Who then devised the torment? Love. Love is the unfamiliar Name. Behind the hands that wove. The intolerable shirt of flame. Which human power cannot remove. We only live, only suspire. Consumed by either fire or fire. T. S. Eliot
I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them. Eli Wallach