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Letter "V" » Voltaire Quotes
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«He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.»
«All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Equality
| Keywords:
citizens, citizens of, equally, free state, state
«Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd»
«It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Poetry
| Keywords:
as it is, poetry, translate, translates, translating
«Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.»
«Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
affair, course, exterminate, exterminated, exterminates, exterminating, of course, vanquish, vanquished, vanquishes
«Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.»
«The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Crime
| Keywords:
criminals, good-for-nothing, hanged, punishment, The Criminals
«How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!»
«I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil»
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