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Voltaire Quotes
«Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
God,
Inspiration
| Keywords:
chosen, divine spirit, emit, emits, emitted, emitting, flatulence, hissed, hisses, Holy Spirit, inspiration, peculiar, the Holy Spirit
«It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
books, Great Books, lost, multitude, numb, number, part, play, rest, small, small number
«Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
above all, divinities, divinity, exertion, joint, noble, occupied, occupying, partake, partaken, partakes, partake in, partaking, preserve, renew, renewing, renews, restoration, skill, the Earth, The Restoration
«We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies it is the first law of nature.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
each other, errors, First Law, follies, full, law, law of nature, mutually, pardon, pardoning, pardons, weakness
«It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
enemy, lamentable, mankind, patriot, rest, The Enemy, The Patriot
«No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
assault, assaults, No problem, problem, sustained, sustaining, thinking, withstand, withstanding, withstood