The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.
Quote by Voltaire
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The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.
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Voltaire Quotes
- True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.
- We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
- God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
- Love truth, and pardon error.
- All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.
- The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.
- All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
- To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
- Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
- I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.
Best Quotes
- We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.
- You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
- He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.
- One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.
- If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
- I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too just different than mine.
- When I go out clubbing I can dance 'til three o'clock in the morning with just a water bottle in my hand. I love dancing to anything with a good beat really. My favorite song to dance to at the moment is probably Drake's 'Best I Ever Had.'
- A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.
- Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
- I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food.