It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
Quote by Voltaire
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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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Voltaire Quotes
- The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
- This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
- All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.
- Appreciation is a wonderful thing It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
- May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
- A witty saying proves nothing.
- Prejudice is opinion without judgement.
- God is always on the side of the big battalions.
- The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman nor an Empire.
- Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
Best Quotes
- All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
- Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
- Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
- As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.
- The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.
- Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.
- Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.
- The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature.
- Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena.