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Which Quotes by Voltaire
- It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
- The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
- I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
- Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
- Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
- There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
- We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which…
- It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
- Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and…
- The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there…
- The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are…
- How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an…
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