Crime Quote by Voltaire Download Open image “History is the study of the world's crime” — Voltaire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Education History Study World
History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“History is indeed more than the register of crime,folilies and misfortune of mankind.” — peter adejimi Copy Share Image
History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Germany's crime is the greatest crime the world has ever known, because it is not on the scale of History: it is on the… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
The world is a very unjust, unfair place and we have to live with that. Historically, there is impunity for most crimes. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event. — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If you think the shifting tectonics of world history might make for a juicy crime fiction backdrop, the last decade or so has proved… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
