Character Quote by Voltaire Download Open image “The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.” — Voltaire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Goodness Men Speak Way
We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Men really respect a woman who's in their power and who isn't afraid just to speak up. I feel that it's something to practice.… — Emmanuelle Chriqui Copy Share Image
If women who were free to speak did not speak, we might as well say to the entire world, 'No matter what you do… — Mavis Leno Copy Share Image
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
We endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking? — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others. — Lin Yutang 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
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
