We are all guilty of the good we did not do Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it. Voltaire rewardscongratulationsdone Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. Voltaire advicehappinessmen Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself. Voltaire menhandsthinking He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool. Voltaire wiseheaventhinking A long dispute means both parties are wrong. Voltaire educationalpartyinspirational No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. Voltaire clevereducationinspirational 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. Voltaire governmenttwoart There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them. Voltaire animaltwopeople Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind. Voltaire persistenceprayermind The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe. Voltaire brainmenbelieve May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies. Voltaire best-friendfriendshipfunny To hold a pen is to be at war. Voltaire writingwarpeace Language is a very difficult thing to put into words. Voltaire difficult-thingsdifficultlanguage Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need. Voltaire motivationencouragementinspirational Love truth, but pardon error. Voltaire dreamlovelife The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew. Voltaire positive-atheismthings-happenwise It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. Voltaire patriotismmankindenemy Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all. Voltaire madmenthinking Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it. Voltaire regretlossmen If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other. Voltaire borngroupstomorrow
