Quotes about Life Voltaire

I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy. Votes: 1

Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England. Votes: 1

My life is a struggle. Votes: 1

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable. Votes: 1

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Votes: 1

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. Votes: 1

Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just. Votes: 1

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. Votes: 1

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. Votes: 1

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1