The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it. Voltaire View this quote
The multitude of books is making us ignorant. Voltaire
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The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds. Voltaire
The only way to make men speak well of us is to do it. Voltaire
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. Voltaire
The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it. Voltaire
The superfluous, a very necessary thing. Voltaire
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force. Voltaire
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. Voltaire
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. Voltaire
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. Voltaire
French writer, historian, and philosopher
November 21st, 1694 - May 30th, 1778
