Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year... view

By: Voltaire

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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times... view

By: Voltaire

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I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow... view

By: Voltaire

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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth... view

By: Voltaire

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Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die... view

By: Voltaire

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property... view

By: Voltaire

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In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation... view

By: Voltaire

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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third... view

By: Voltaire

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking... view

By: Voltaire

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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable... view

By: Voltaire

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Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal... view

By: Voltaire

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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose... view

By: Voltaire

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