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Good Quotes by Voltaire
- Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
- It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
- The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.
- All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
- Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that…
- The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
- Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)
- All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being…
- If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
- The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
- We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.
- Better is the enemy of good.
- Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.
- In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
- Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother
- The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
- Shakespeare, who was considered the English Corneille, flourished at about the time of Lope de Vega. He had a strong and fertile genius, full of…
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