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«Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
crimes, indeed, misfortunes, Nothing More, tableau
«Injustice in the end produces independence.»
«History is fables agreed upon.»
«Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
Angel, controlling, Passion play, seeks, The Angel, The Passions
«The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Books
| Keywords:
at home, communicate, communicates, fetch, fetching, instruction, instruction book, In books, kindle, kindling, Neighbours, property
«When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
confirmation, confirmations, news, sacrament, sacraments, the sacrament
«Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Doctors,
Medicine
| Keywords:
cure, diseases, doctors, know nothing, medicines, prescribe, prescribes
«If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist.»
«If you wish to converse with me, define your terms»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Communication
| Keywords:
converse, conversed, converses, conversing, define, terms
«Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts»
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