Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
Weitere Zitate von Voltaire
Zum Autor"The world embarrasses me and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker."
"Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."
"All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God."
"All the known world excepting only savage nations is governed by books."
"The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."
"History should be written as philosophy."