Maxioms by Voltaire (francois Marie Arouet Voltaire)
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap.
[Fr., C'est demain, me belle amie, que je read more
It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap.
[Fr., C'est demain, me belle amie, que je fais le saut
perilleux.]
Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the
Turks are even sicker.
Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the
Turks are even sicker.
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies
about them when they die.
[Fr., La read more
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies
about them when they die.
[Fr., La satire ment sur les gens de lettres pendant leur vie, et
l'eloge ment apres leur mort.]
Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
[Fr., La patrie est aux lieux ou l'ame read more
Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
[Fr., La patrie est aux lieux ou l'ame est enchainee.]
