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Best Men Quotes by Voltaire
- You're a bitter man," said Candide. That's because I've lived," said Martin.
- It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure…
- It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
- History never repeats itself. Man always does.
- All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to…
- Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
- The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him
- Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
- A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.
- Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.
- So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of…
- Men argue. Nature acts.
- What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll…
- Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them…
- The more a man knows, the less he talks.
- All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God.
- It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude.
- Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most…
- All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God
- Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great…
- 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…
- All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws
- I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.
More Men Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle