Maxioms by Voltaire (francois Marie Arouet Voltaire)
How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how
horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant read more
How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how
horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),
It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap.
[Fr., C'est demain, me belle amie, que je read more
It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap.
[Fr., C'est demain, me belle amie, que je fais le saut
perilleux.]
If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his
merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers read more
If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his
merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the
Church, the magistrate grants the privilege without answering for
the contents of the book.
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),
Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the
Turks are even sicker.
Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the
Turks are even sicker.
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
