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Die Musik, die man heutzutage macht, ist nur noch die Kunst, schwierige Tonsätze auszuführen, und was nur noch schwierig ist, kann auf die Dauer nicht gefallen.
Informationen über Voltaire
Schriftsteller, Philosoph, gilt als einer der meistgelesenen und einflussreichsten Autoren der französischen und europäischen Aufklärung, "Das Vorhängeschloß", "Der verlorene Sohn", "Der Herzog von Foix" (Frankreich, 1694 - 1778).
Voltaire · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Voltaire wäre heute 329 Jahre, 10 Monate, 0 Tage oder 120.469 Tage alt.
Geboren am 21.11.1694 in Paris
Gestorben am 30.05.1778 in Paris
Sternzeichen: ♏ Skorpion
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Weitere 701 Zitate von Voltaire
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Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
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Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.
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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.
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Life resembles the banquet of Damocles; the sword is ever suspended.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.
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Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
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Marriage is the only adventure open to the timid.
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Men are in general so tricky, so envious, so cruel, that when we find one who is only weak, we are happy.
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Men use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create.
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Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them; it is destiny which makes them prudent.
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Once a nation starts to think it is impossible to prevent it from doing so.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
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Pleasure has its time; so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.