Quote by Voltaire Download Open image ““Wir sind nicht nur dafür verantwortlich was wir tun, sondern auch dafür, was wir nicht tun.”” — Voltaire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Die Freiheit des Menschen liegt nicht darin, dass er tun kann, was er will, sondern dass er nicht tun muss, was er nicht will.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Da man nicht tun kann, was man will, muss man das wollen, was man tun kann.” — Publius Terentius Afer Copy Share Image
“Der Mensch kann wohl tun was er will, aber er kann nicht wollen was er will.” — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.” — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“[I]n Wirklichkeit [war er] nicht zurückgekehrt, sondern hergebracht worden.” — Julio Cortázar Copy Share Image
“Leid kommt, wenn es eintrifft, in nichts dem gleich, was wir erwarten. (Joan Didion)” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Wir sollten darauf achten, einer Erfahrung nur so viel Weisheit zu entnehmen, wie in ihr steckt - mehr nicht.” — Rolf Dobelli Copy Share Image
“O weiter, stiller Friede! So tief im Abendrot, Wie sind wir wandermüde - Is dies etwa der Tod?” — Joseph von Eichendorff 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