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Voltaire Quotes

«The multitude of books is making us ignorant.»
«All kinds are good except the kind that bores you.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: bores, kinds
«The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: caprices
«Neither holy, nor Roman, nor Empire.»
«To them it seemed that the gifts of an enemy were to be dreaded.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: dreaded
«Animals have these advantages over man: They have no theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: instruct, lawsuits
«Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.»
«Anything too stupid to be said is sung.»
«Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.»
«The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.»