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Voltaire Quotes

Total quotes: 3

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Voltaire

Birthname

Death: May 30, 1778

Educated At: Lycée Louis-le-Grand

Lifestyle: Vegetarian

Nationality: France

Occupations: Essayist, Poet Lawyer, Autobiographer, Science Fiction Writer, Diarist

Total quotes: 3

“Let us work without argue, it is the only way to make life endurable.”

— Candide, Candide

Tagged: Life

“'Do you think,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other, as they do today?'

'Do you think,' said Martin, 'that sparrow-hawks have always eaten the pigeons they came across?'

'Yes of course.'

'Well, if sparrow-hawks have always possessed the same nature, why should you expect men to change theirs?'”

— Voltaire, Candide

Tagged: Life

“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?”

— Voltaire, Candide

Tagged: Depression, Life, Tired, perseverance

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