Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire) ( 6 of 16 )
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.
Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
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Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),
But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having
studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of read more
But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having
studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human
body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will
benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal
attention to the rich and the poor.
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his
merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers read more
If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his
merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the
Church, the magistrate grants the privilege without answering for
the contents of the book.
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),
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.]
