Work saves us from three great evils boredom, vice and need.
Quote by Voltaire
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Work saves us from three great evils boredom, vice and need.
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Voltaire Quotes
- Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.
- All sects are different, because they come from men morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.
- A witty saying proves nothing.
- Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
- He is a hard man who is only just and a sad one who is only wise.
- I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.
- The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of the citizens to give to the other.
- England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.
- God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
- To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
Best Quotes
- We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.
- Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
- Think as I think said the man, or you are abominable. You are a toad. And after I had thought on it, I said I will then, be a toad.
- 1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.
- As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.
- The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
- If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.
- What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.
- One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
- The follow your dreams thing is really important because so many people are railroaded into taking other paths by their family, their friends, people who should be supportive going, 'What are you talking about?' Even just seemingly regular career paths, but if it's not what people expect for you they kind of react funny.